Recent acquisitions - sheath and pseudobulb newbie questions

[Kim Brown]

I have fallen in love with Cattleyas and ordered a bunch. They arrived in huge boxes, carefully packaged, and seem no worse for wear in spite of nighttime temperatures dipping below freezing during shipping. There are however two I’m concerned about:

Lc. Drumbeat ‘Heritage’ came with a yellowing sheath that developed black spots over the course of a few days. The rest of the plant is fine. I applied a little fungicide to the sheath, but is there anything else I can do? Is a spike from that sheath now out of the question?

C. Orglades Grand ‘Orchis’ came with slightly yellowish pseudobulbs. Is this a sign of stress/freezing damage? The other Catt in the shipment looks super healthy and has a nice sheath.

For your trouble, my first Catt. It’s C. mossiae, and it’s bloomed twice for me. It also taught me the lesson that Catts don’t like standing in water. Still alive, though