My first kill :(

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Well, I've done it. I moved two of my orchids into S/H as an experiment, both of which I got from Ray earlier this summer. After about a month in, the Blc Kalamazoo hybrid is doing well but the Wilsonara has bitten the dust. I guess I just didn't time the latter's move as well - it had slowly lost all the leaves and the new growths it had been putting out one by one and was looking generally brown, and when I took it out of the pot yesterday it hadn't managed to put any new roots out that survived the changeover. All the old roots were brown and mushy and all three of the pseudobulbs were squishy as well. *sigh*

Pretty sure bad timing was the big issue, as everything else seemed to be right and I used bottom heat to try and encourage the new roots. I'm just sad I never got to see this one bloom. Tossing a formerly nice orchid in the bin is rather unpleasant. I keep seeing comments here to the effect that "you're not really an orchid grower until you've killed your weight in orchids", so although I hope I don't manage to kill quite that many, I'll try to use that as some solace.

Guess I'll stick with the Blc hybrid and see how it does before trying to switch anything else over. Our horticulture department at the aquarium where I work is having its annual orchid sale later this month, so I may have to have a replacement or two to make up for the loss. Then I'll work on my timing.