Cattleya Dormant Eyes Black

[MrHungx]

I recently acquired a Lc. Taida Swan 'Swan' and noticed that all the dormant eyes are black. I purchased this cattleya from a local nursery and the owner had just divided this orchid. i purchased the division with the newer growths. I know some people ascribe the black eyes to the poor condition of the roots, though this is not the case as there are plenty of healthy roots. My question is will this cattleya to put out new growth? There does not appear to be any viable growths as far as I can tell. I couldn't find any information on this topic as most of the thread I searched referred to a few black eyes, not all of them.

[silken]

I've never really ran into this so I'm not a lot of help. Have you carefully peeked inside the dark covering? Maybe it is healthy inside the dark skin that is covering the eye. I have some cattleyas, and it looks like yours is the same, the older bracts or skin around the growth near the base turn much darker than others. So maybe the covering on the eye does too. It seems odd that all would be affected on a healthy plant.

[MrHungx]

The eye has not begun to develop yet, so I would't be able to peek behind the covering. I'm just concerned that this cattleya won't be able to develop new leads.

[silken]

Quite often each pseudo bulb has a 2nd dormant eye that will start to grow if the main one fails.

Could you ask the nursery about it or go back and look at the other piece? If they have been growing it for a while they may know something about it.

[escualida]

I had something similar happen where the 2 visible eyes on one pbulb seemed damaged. Eventually it put out a new lead from underneath the pbulb - meaning, it had more than 2 eyes. I think I read somewhere that each catt pbulb has 4 eyes, so I don't think there's anything to worry about quite yet. I would just wait it out and see...

[MrHungx]

Here are more pics.

[MrHungx]

More pics

[CR7cristiano]

Don't worry yourself. Like i said, those r just dead eyes. They are drying up. New growths will come again, just make sure to not get the base of the pseudobulbs damp/wet in the evenings; you need to allow enough time for them to dry before nightfall.

[MrHungx]

Originally Posted by CR7cristiano

Don't worry yourself. Like i said, those r just dead eyes. They are drying up. New growths will come again, just make sure to not get the base of the pseudobulbs damp/wet in the evenings; you need to allow enough time for them to dry before nightfall.

I'm only worrying since I don't see any viable eyes. It could be possible that there are some I can't see. There are a total of four damaged/black eyes and three healthy pbulbs. I sent the nursery owner an email seeing if I can exchange the plant.

[CR7cristiano]

Just return the plant n don't worry to stress over it.
At this point looking at the roots will be what will tell you the story if it is in fact fungal.