Angraecum wrinkled new leaves
 

Hey guys. For the past three years, my Angraecum Lemforde White Beauty 'Dove' has been creating small leaves that don't unfurl completely (they just stand up straight with a slight curve) and are pleated (pleating is parallel to the veins of the leaves). Is there anything that can be done about this? I'm worried that the plant will stop growing due to these obstructive leaves.

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Humidity and watering problem

I suspect insufficient roots/root loss due to the above mentioned watering issue. Pull it out of the pot and have a look.

The roots look and feel absolutely fine although humidity may be the issue. Here it averages around 35% during the growing season and 50% in the winter. I did badly sunburn it a few months ago so hopefully it will recover.

your lemford been needing more water and humidity..pleated leaves usually signify at some point a lack of either or both over an extended period of new growth.The pleated leaves are forever as to thats how they grew up and they are what they are. The next batch with some cultural adjustments may give some nice flat proper looking foliage. :)

I cannot help you. I just have the magdalenae parent and I put it in red lava rock and a basket pot as a tiny seedling. Growing in those conditions is so much different than growing in bark. Good luck with yours!

The best way to take care of orchids, as I see it, is to try to mimic as closely as possible, the environment which the stock comes from. In the case of hybrids this can be tricky. Sesquepedale is from Madigascar. Just look up a table on yearly rainfall, temps, humidity, heat.

Have you repotted this over the past couple of years or so. Angs hate their roots to be tampered with and can go into decline very quickly or refuse to grow for a few years. Just a thought.

Ed