Black rot on Cattleya?

[james mickelso]

Yes. Many. The best you can do is to try and isolate the area that is infected. Cutting out the area with a new razor blade and the cauterizing the edges of the cut with cinnamon will stop the spread usually. Sometimes I have had a pbulb get it and at the base of that pbulb I had a new bud developing. So I cut off the pbulb and just try and keep the base going until the new growth gets a few roots. Then I cut off the old stump. Yes I had loses too. I'll try and find a couple pics.