OS Haul!!!

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Originally Posted by silken

See my PM. I'm sure it will work out with a refund.

Can someone tell me what Erwinia would look like. I bought several plants too, but they look lovely at the moment!

Well I described it to you in the PM, but I will say it here too. The plant had a solid black area at the base of one of the p'bulbs, and a few black spots on a few others. The best way to find out if it is Erwinia is cutting through the rhizome. Infected areas will have a purple ring around the rhizome. That is also a good way to tell how far it has spread, keep cutting p'bulbs of until you get a clean rhizome. Erwinia starts at the base of the plant, such as the rhizome or the roots, and then will spread through the rhizome, and then eventually up the p'bulbs.

[silken]

Originally Posted by TheBlazingAugust

Well I described it to you in the PM, but I will say it here too. The plant had a solid black area at the base of one of the p'bulbs, and a few black spots on a few others. The best way to find out if it is Erwinia is cutting through the rhizome. Infected areas will have a purple ring around the rhizome. That is also a good way to tell how far it has spread, keep cutting p'bulbs of until you get a clean rhizome. Erwinia starts at the base of the plant, such as the rhizome or the roots, and then will spread through the rhizome, and then eventually up the p'bulbs.

Can you post some oics?

[Call_Me_Bob]

+1 and pics of the rest while your at it!

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Well, pics added to the original post. I will post pics of the rot or virus or whatever the heck it is soon.

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Okay, so here is pictures of whatever the heck it is!!!

So here is all of the parts that I cut to check for rot, which goes to show how much it had spread.


And pictures of the rhizomes.





The purple ring or spot on the rhizome is clearly visible. This is the earlier stages of the infection. Soon, it will cause the already infected areas to turn black, as the infection spreads, causing the newly infected areas to turn brown and appear to dry up, and then slowly turn black. This plant was absolute history.

[FairyInTheFlowers]

On a brighter note, I mounted my Enc. gracilis on a slab of epiweb, along with my C. porphyroglossa.

The whole Encyclia.


And closeups of the p'bulbs. Ugh, I was surprised to find out that this was actually two separate plants, each having two p'bulbs.



And the porphyroglossa.


Its' one new growth! There is another one just starting that is from the p'bulb behind, so it is hidden from view.


And here is the back covered with sphag. I didn't like how quickly to epiweb dried out, but I didn't want to have a ton of sphag on the front, so I put it on the back of the mount.

[sii]

nice job!

[Call_Me_Bob]

the plants look happier now that they are mounted

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Yeah, I agree! I really like the look of mounted orchids, and the epiweb is incredibly cheap!!! A slab of cork about 10" x 5" is 10$, while the small slab, which is about 6.5" x 2" was 1.25$, and the larger 6.5" x 4" one was I think 3$!!! I am so going to stock up next meeting.