Today is my problem day, so I am consolidating both of these into one post. I'll start with my
Den. loddigesii.
I received it from Andy's last spring and it seems perfectly fine. It was in bloom at the time and none of the leaves looked like this. In fact, they were fine until I took them outside. This yellow spotting and pitting started maybe a month after being outdoors. I didn't worry too much, it was on new growth and I thought it was sap-sucking insects even though I didn't see any. I figured it would go away after coming inside, but it has not. As the canes continued to mature, each leaf developed these weird spots. Nothing I look at seems to fit and other orchids that have grow alongside it, even during the summer, are unaffected. The plant, IMO seems to have grown fine despite this- four new canes this year + 3 keikis.
The second is my
Masd. minuta that I got back at the end of June. When I bought it, I didn't really notice the deformities (I don't know how, to be honest), but it has always been like this. Again, I waited a while to see if it was a cultural issue, but every single new leaf is deformed. Otherwise, the plant seems perfectly healthy and routinely has five or more new growths at any given time. This one has not bloomed - it had a spike once but it blasted (was struggling with humidity issues at the time). It has always resided in my terrarium and no other plants in there are affected.
I welcome any thoughts and opinions on this. If they just have ugly plant syndrome, I am okay with that. However, if they are diseased, I want to get it taken care of.
Thanks all!
Leaf problems on D. loddigesii and M. minuta
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