Burana beauty Sick;wrinkly leaves,half-brown pseudobulbs

[silken]

I would leave the ones with new tips coming from them. You could trim them up to the tips. They are new growing tips and will feed the plant so you don't want to lose them. I find mine do this a lot after starting use of kelp in my watering and feeding regime.

[Blue_312orchids]

Thank you Silken and Josh for replying. I sincerely appreciate all the help I can get. So I took out the orchid out of its bark mixture and put in a bag with some sphagnum moss.(This is just a temporary measure) I noticed earlier this morning that one of the green healthy roots came into contact with one of the dead looking roots and where it had come into contact, it had left an indentation on the root. Like it kind of had flattened it out. On the flat spot there looked to be brown and little white dots.(Kind of like fungal spores. What could this be? I will try to post a good enough picture if I can. I am freaking out because that was a nice healthy root that the orchid had put out. I feel so bad for this orchid.

[bballr4567]

Dont worry too hard. The best part about orchids is they dont have a memory.

My psuedobulbs put out easily 20 new root tips a cycle. It'll come back with a vengeance.

[Blue_312orchids]

Well, I finally re potted the burana. I put it in a new clear pot, to monitor the root growth and also made some holes in the side of the pot so the orchid could breath better. I trimmed up the brown dead roots and sprayed the roots with a weak solution of Physan as a preventative measure. I also, used a rhizome clip and some jute to secure it.How long should I wait before I water after re potting and how long should i wait before exposing it to its regular light? Finally one last question why do tiny rust spots appear on the new orchid roots? Could it be mechanical damage when I re potted. Like scrapes or something. Are does the term "mechanical damage" mean snapping off the tips of the roots. One last question, do the roots just get discolored by the new media?

[bballr4567]

Resume normal activity. If there is active growth water water water. Don't forget the fert either.

[RJSquirrel]

these plants only grow new roots with the new growths. all them old roots are to the old bulbs. Eventually you are going to have to cut that up and remove alot of the older dead roots and maybe even carve out a shriveled bulb or 2. 'a dead root cant do anything but make more dead roots.' Needs a good trimming. Cutting them quite often will make new growths pop up on those areas that have been cut. But yeah I wack them roots like that up and off. Put it back into an appropriate sized container and no water for a week after its been re-potted and trimmed.

[Blue_312orchids]

Squirrel,

I didn't know that the old pseudobulbs couldn't produce new roots. There were hollow brown roots in the middle of the plant,which at a joint were putting out a new root. I think you are right in saying that it does need dividing; it has nine pseudobulbs and is putting out two need growths.