I acquired this mounted encyclia bractescens about a year ago.
It had a few more leaves on it then...
The care instructions I got were essentially to hang it somewhere where it gets mostly shade, a little warmer than room temp (cooler at night) and high humidity. Water it by spraying it daily. fertilize at 1/4 strength occasionally.
Right away it lost a leaf - turned brown, dried and fell off within two days of yellowing.
A few months after that it lost another.
I contacted the greenhouse where i bought it and they suggested soaking it in water for 10 min every couple of weeks, which I did but the leaves didn't really stop dropping.
The truth is I can't build a special room for this - it gets the treatment the other orchids get, and they seem fine for the most part - but this guy appears to like it more humid? Then it lost it's 3rd last leaf.
I hung it in the bathroom where it would get daily shower steam but there's little light and less circulation, so now I'm hanging it above my phragmipedium pearcei as that is a water-loving orchid and sits in a dish of water - I figure it will get extra humidity there.
In the picture you can see a yellow spot on the 2nd last leaf
Also I wonder about the mounting it'self... it looks old and crappy. i wonder if i should remount it with fresh sprag or something but have never mounted and am afraid to damage those dry little roots...
Any suggestions?
Mounted encyclia bractescens dying?
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