I think I froze my cattleya. What do I do?
Hello All,
In my area the weather is under unusual and extreme cold temperatures. This has not been good for the plants in my greenhouse. According to my monitors, it reached 37F in the coldest section of my greenhouse. The greenhouse on average was about 45F.
While the damage seemed superficial on most plants, it looks like this dowiana hybrid I have suffered some significant damage as the back bulbs on the red circled areas have turned mushy and black. It could be from something else, but I remember it looking fine a few days ago when I watered it and I think this kind of damage is consistent with the cold.
The other blue circled section are fine and have new eyes that are just starting to grow. What should I do? Should I unpot it and try to snip them off at the rhizome (divide it)? If I leave them will they just dry out? That seems to be what one of them already did. Should I leave it potted and just snip those off at the base?
This is a very unusual hybrid and I cannot believe I let this happen.
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