Sick Sedirea

[Pilot]

Ok guys taking your advice and looking on the bright side and the whole thing....oops almost went into a Jason Marz song.

So this minmaru shima is now sitting, literally placed atop a moss mound and that is it. I take the plant and do what I do to my vandas and let it soak in light fertilized water for a half hour or until the roots turn a lush green and then I return it to its mound, which is not wet and at most damp. Let see if this works! I plan on doing it at least twice a day until it begins to be a little happier.

[s.kallima]

One last note, I would skip the fertilizer until new roots start growing. Root hormone is okay though.

[Leafmite]

I just went through this with phal equestris. Everyone recommended a clear, plastic pot for it. I was careful to get one that barely fit the roots and water only when the vapor was gone. Well, it works for everyone else but not me so it is recovering in a net pot with a mix of moss and red lava rock. Good luck with your beauty. It is crazy that two of the same plant fare differently with the same care but I see this again and again in the garden and with my other houseplants...even with cuttings of the same plant. :|

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by s.kallima

One last note, I would skip the fertilizer until new roots start growing. Root hormone is okay though.

That makes total sense but the kelp comes in the fertilizer . I have it pretty light. I do give it a pure water rinse also to keep salt damage and build up.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

I just went through this with phal equestris. Everyone recommended a clear, plastic pot for it. I was careful to get one that barely fit the roots and water only when the vapor was gone. Well, it works for everyone else but not me so it is recovering in a net pot with a mix of moss and red lava rock. Good luck with your beauty. It is crazy that two of the same plant fare differently with the same care but I see this again and again in the garden and with my other houseplants...even with cuttings of the same plant. :|

Yep. Lol. It's time to go slowly and carefully and not fuss. It will make it. I'm confident in my abilities. Lets hope my confidence is not ill placed.

[Pilot]

UPDATE:

The minmaru-shima in poor health has begun to turn a corner-- spotted a new root (possibly more but too early to yet tell) last night and the newest leaf looks great (It began growing a new leaf even when losing so many lower ones...so weird) as does the second to newest.

Despite being a variegated plant, both of my minamaru-shimas grow relatively fast. I have two minmarus that grow noticeably faster and even larger but the shimas still grow at a decent rate (I compare this to a nearly entirely white phal vivien, which will grow a new leaf to maturity in the span of three or four months...yes...SNAIL pace).

I kept the ailing plant on a mound of moss (roots atop the moss mound, not in it) and stretched a few strands of moss over the existing roots. It was allowed to dry out between watering, but th emoss mound was lightly moist. It seems to have done the trick. When more roots appear I will repot it so that it has its new environemnt ready. I've noticed my other sedirea LOVE growing on these japanese-style moss mounds, sending roots weaving in and out of the moss. I'd like to get a pic of my largest minmaru-- it's become an impressive plant in just a few short months.

Yeeeeay roots!

[Leafmite]

Yay! Very happy to hear that it is recovering!

[rangiku]

Wonderful news, Ryan. Maybe I should mound my Nagoran that the kind Japanese lady from my OS gave me. She gave this keiki to me in a clay pot.

Hmm, need more Neo pots...

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by rangiku

Wonderful news, Ryan. Maybe I should mound my Nagoran that the kind Japanese lady from my OS gave me. She gave this keiki to me in a clay pot.

Hmm, need more Neo pots...

Perhaps one with rose brambles painted upon it would work nicely?

[LinhT]

Excellent news, as that is a spendy one.