New Cattleya Leaves Distorted

[Doc G]

I have not had this problem with the few Catts I have grown, but I have had "pleating" or accordion leaves on Onc. and intergenerics. There are three causes of pleating, improper watering, improper light and improper humidity. I have solved pleating problems by giving plants more light as often as I have remembering to water on time. What it comes down to is the proper balance of the three.

If two of your plants are next to each other and one is growing differently, then you may need to look in the pot to spot what the difference, and problem, may be.

[Leisurely]

I think I will just chalk the problem up to an unknown cause because when the leaf finally matures it grows out of the twisted look and becomes normal. I will spray those affected plants with fungicide to prevent the fungus problem where water collects and just hope that it was something environmental that will not repeat. I suspect that the cause was the extremely high humidity we had here during the rainy season.