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Originally Posted by HarmoniaGardens
I only found one psudobulb with no black spots. They all had some black when I removed the potting medium. Thankfully I had one good psudobulb, and it's got new growth arriving. Everything was doused in fungicide after being mounted, bareroot to cork bark. I think I'll gently wrap some spanish moss around it to keep the humidity higher.
I don't think I'll ask for any sort of refund or exchange from the seller. I think it was just an important lesson to always repot and check the plant if there is any doubt. Now I think I'd just like to order an awarded division and grow that. Go big or nothing for round 2.
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The seller may not have known either. This sort of rot that gets into the rhizome has a nasty tendency to only show itself after it has done a lot of damage. With a new growth starting on the part that is clean (hopefully, no black on the cut surface of the rhizome) , I think the plant will do fine. Fortunately, Rl. digbyana is a vigorous grower. But this can happen to any plant, no matter what the pedigree (and it happens to the best of Catt growers - I am not one of them, but I have friends who are much better at it, and they cry on my shoulder) ... quick action to cut away the bad stuff is the plant-saving step.
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