Diseased Phrag?

[escualida]

I just received a
Phragmipedium besseae x Eric Young that I bought from eBay and it looks like it might be diseased. If anyone could help me figure this out that would be awesome.

I'm attaching pictures. Thanks!

[Bill U.]

Hi escualida, I don't know if your phrag is diseased (I'm not terribly familiar with that area) but I would definitely agree that your phrag does not look right at all. At first with the brown-red color, I was thinking about rust fungus... Hopefully someone with more experience can chime in and help!

[Paul Mc]

I'd keep I separated from your other plants until you have an answer. To me, it just looks like the lowest leaf is dying, but I don't really know...

[Lagoon]

Hi ya

Without a photo right from the very base of the plant its abit hard to tell from here. It does look like a nature type of leaf shed, also you may have a new fan comming - have you checked for that?

[escualida]

This is my first phrag ever, is a fan like a sheath? Because there's definitely something like that coming out of the middle...

Do you need a close up of the base?

[terryros]

I am now fairly experienced with Phrags and think that you are just losing the lowest leaf naturally. It should pull off with minimal effort and I would do this. Pull gently and steadily from the base. Often, you may see a new root nub inside the leaf at the base. I think it looks like you have a spike coming from the crown.


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[escualida]

thank you, I feel much better now