Psychopsis Mendenhall "Hildos" dropping flowers much sooner than before :(

[judith_arquette]

Originally Posted by PaphMadMan

Shorter flower life is probably due to lower humidity more than anything else. If you are concerned about the roots just slip it out of the pot with minimal disturbance if you can. If they are mush go ahead and repot with fresh media. It may or may not lose the spike. Otherwise it is fine in that pot for another year, or consider a slightly larger pot, just putting some coarse bark or gravel around the existing root ball.

Thank you for the info! I may try to see if it'll slip out easily. Can I assume the roots are probably ok if the pbulbs look good and aren't shriveled? I just hate to disturb them if it's probably due to the fact that humidity is just dropping due to the change in seasons...