Leaves falling off Ang. didieri
I bought this plant at the end of July, and was REALLY EXCITED because I've been wanting to get one of these for months. I usually run it under the faucet while I'm fixing breakfast and then set it in the dish drainer while I'm gone for the day. It's been living in my kitchen, where it doesn't get much direct light, but a lot of bright, indirect light. (the windows face south, but the shelf I put it on sometimes, and dish drainer, don't get a lot of direct light)
I was out of town this weekend for about 4 days. I watered it in the morning Saturday and put it in an empty terrarium with several other plants to provide a more humid environment - I did not put a lid on it. (I've done this before, and the weather was cool and overcast. The rest of the plants, including a couple mounted orchids, all seem to be fine.)
When I got home this afternoon, I saw one of its smaller leaves had fallen off, but I thought perhaps it was due to the fact that something on a shelf nearby had fallen into the terrarium onto a fern next to the orchid, and might have struck the orchid, too.
Well, some odd thought possessed me, and I decided to gently tug on some of its other leaves, and several others simply fell off when I did so, all from lower down on the stem. D: D: D: I'm horrified. I can see some dark discoloration at the base of the leaves where they came off the plant; it seems like there's also some discoloration on the stem of the plant, too.
Is this some horrible variation of crown rot? Is there anything I can do to stop it and save the plant?
Thank you!!
(It needs repotting anyway; about a week after I got it, I noticed a smell of mildew coming out of the pot, but its roots are REALLY adhered to the pot, and some of the "rock" or whatever is in there, so I've been nervous to take that task on, since I've read these plants really hate having their roots disturbed.)
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