Cattleya Green Emerald almost dead

[SADE2020]

Originally Posted by estación seca

First, it can recover, with proper care.

It appears to be a bifoliate Cattleya species or hybrid. The leaves and pseudobulbs are very wrinkled, indicating it hasn't received the proper amount of water for a long time.

They tend to make roots only for a short period of time. Your task is to keep it alive until it makes more roots.

That kind of large bark mixture works fine if the gardener waters enough. This plant didn't get enough water. Bifoliate Cattleyas like a very large amount of water in the growing season. If it was kept where the humidity was low that made things more difficult.

The new growing roots might have died from low humidity, not enough watering or a combination of both.

What are the day/night temperatures and the relative humidity in your growing area? Is it bare-root now, or did you repot it?

Hi Estación, ha sido un verdadero desastre ... no watering for days even week. But after repot has been well taking care but not sign of greener anything; neither leaves or roots.

I'll try to water it everyday and keep nit humid.

Thanks so much!

SD

[Shadeflower]

If it helps Sade,
this is one of my recoveries and I honestly thought I had killed it, who knows maybe I still have, it lost the last 2 canes, the last one just turned completely black but it's hanging in there producing a new growth again so there is hope, even if there is no green left at all sometimes.

[tmoney]

hey sade, would you mind sending me a pm with the name of that vendor? it would be nice to know such info to possibly avoid ordering from them in the future. thanks!

[Shadeflower]

Congrats Sade,
that is a brilliant rescue.

Tmoney, don't forget it went downhill and was then "brought back to life" showing how we care for them can make all the difference. I don't think it would be fair to blame this post on the shop even if that is what I had assumed to start with.

Anyway SADE, well done, I'd say you are ready to try your luck with seedlings next - if you still have room for more lol