Pleurothallis palliota leaves yellowing

[vmax3000]

Is it from temperature? Feeding schedule? I don't know why, but the leaves are all starting to yellow. I don't see any new leaves developing and I am starting to get antsy..... Any one have experience with this plant? Thanks.

[kiki-do]

Can you give us more of a clue to light, temps, water regimen, > how you are growing it? Pics help, too.

[vmax3000]

Since it's dark here, I'll get a photo posted tomorrow. My greenhouse is not cooled by anything other than a fan, so it gets kind of warm out there. I have it on a cedar plack and it grew strong and bloomed this spring. It's watered once a day in the morning using a timer. It sits below P. minuta and P. grobyi and they are both doing well. I am baffled!!

[kiki-do]

I don't know, sorry. No sign of pests? Roots look good?
Perhaps someone else will chime in.

[Mahon]

I've had problems with both Acronia palliolata and Acronia maduroi (two closely allied species), and it seems that the key to their survival is keeping them fairly dry. Also, if possible, increase air movement. Stagnation is a HUGE killer in Pleurothallids...

-PM

[vmax3000]

Ok. There it is, all yellow and puny. It's in the air stream of the fan...maybe I should move it away from the water nozzle?

[Tindomul]

I have this same species, in the exact same mount. I keep it inside an open aquarium that has only 4 inches of water in it that I use too keep my newt in. I mist it everyday, and water it twice a week, once weakly with fertilizer. It recieves about an hour of direct sunlight in the early morning and temperatures are no higher than 80, usually getting into the low 60's at night due to AC. Hope this helps you out.

[Ross]

I think temperature is the culprit more than anything else.

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by vmax3000

Ok. There it is, all yellow and puny. It's in the air stream of the fan...maybe I should move it away from the water nozzle?

It is difficult to "guess" from a picture but in the one photo (without the thumb) there looks like "white" on one or more leaves. Could this be mealie bug? Also the tips of your leaves look brown/black, This suggests to me that you are overfeeding in hot weather and the salts are being taken up to the tips of the leaves where they cause death of tissue. Maybe cutting down on fertilising might help
I have this species and a nice bud formed and I was waiting for it to open so that I could photograph it. Two days later I went to fetch it to photograph and Alas! the bud had gone and it looks like a seed pod is forming. Was it a snail/slug or does this species self pollinate?

[vmax3000]

My B. nodosa was self-pollinated by an ant, I am sure. I have moved the pleuro into the bathroom, for the time being. It's getting a daily misting with RO water and that's it. There are no mealies on it that I have seen, but the occasional scale, so I have been using my botaniwipes on it. Keep your fingers crossed for us....I really do like this plant!

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