HELP!! pseudo-bulb splitting open!

[dendro king]

help please!
my den. discolor has a small new growth and its starting to split open!! What do i do??
i think the cane is too fat maybe.......

[Leafmite]

Many years ago, someone suggested to me that this was caused by uneven watering. I do not know if this is true.

[WhiteRabbit]

I've had pbulbs split a bit on some orchids - in my case it has never become a problem. I don't know what causes it either - I don't think in my cases uneven watering are likely (tho I wouldn't completely rule it out). I am interested to see what others may have to say ...

[dendro king]

thanks guys!
the older p.bulb is initiating a spike now!
i may have unevenly watered it but i think its because the p.bulb is to short and fat!

[Oscarman]

Never seen that before. Can you share a picture with us Jack?

[lostonthebeach]

Originally Posted by Oscarman

Never seen that before. Can you share a picture with us Jack?

A photo would help us all learn.

[dendro king]

i will try but i dont know if i can get photos off an ipod onto the computer but ill work it out (hopefully)

[Oscarman]

On some computer OS, if you dont start iTunes you can access your iPod like a flash drive through My Computer. It works with my Vista machine but not on my Win7 laptop. Good luck.

Originally Posted by dendro king

i will try but i dont know if i can get photos off an ipod onto the computer but ill work it out (hopefully)

[harleymc]

Occasionally the new canes on some of my dendrobes split. Some plants seem prone to it but most don't. Does seem to be confined to a sub-set the ones with the fatter psuedobulbs.

Doesn't seem to harm them.

[CTB]

Ths might work..............e-mail your pic to yourself, open your e-mail, post and attach e-mail???????????