Aeridis Flabalata not growing
I've had this Aeridis about 2 years now and have got it to flower twice. It was on my windowsill in the UK, through summer and winter, with big temperature differences. It used to look pretty happy and put out a lot of sap.
I have done a few things with it however as its roots were in a bad way, and it's leaves never seemed properly plump. I moved it into this leca and wick setup recently and as soon as I did, it's leaves plumped up and seemed to respond well. However I recently had a Vanda that I suspected had fusarium and I used a systemic on all my orchids. The new leaf growth is growing really slowly and honestly the plant hasnt produced a whole lot of foliage since I've had it. The aerial roots used to have active growing tips but now they're just little green nubs.
There are 2 new healthy looking root growths attached but they've seemed to slow their growth down now also and it isn't putting sap out, which I know these are sticky plants normally. I'm not sure if this is a reaction from the systemic I used paired with the transfer. It was planted in leca and sphagnum moss previously and often dried out completely. The light it's under was a sansi 15w grow bulb, about 1 ft away from it. I've now moved it to about 1.5ft away as a leaf yellowed and has been removed and another one is starting to yellow. I fertalise it with 'rainmix', using their recommended growth.
Any opinions on why it's not growing as crazily as other Aeridis and why it's not putting so much sap out would be greatly appreciated. It normally flowered in May/June time for me.
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