trying to save my cattleya

[sii]

So I went into a hydroponics store to get some root stimulant for my rootless cattleya.

The fellow gave me a 10" black pot with holes in the bottom and a bottle of Revive. He told me to fill the pot half way with bark, cover the bottom portion on the cattleya with the bark and to water it with the revive product 2 times a week (as per the label instructions). He said this product is high in nitrogen. What do you guys think?

here's a website on the revive product.
FAQ on Revive

[tucker85]

I think you would be wasting your time to water something with no roots. I would set the plant in a small pot with no medium and place it in bright shade. Preferably in a humid area. I would mist it once or twice a day. I wouldn't use any fertilizer but something like KLN or Liquid seaweed. When you see new root tips emerging pot it in as small a pot as possible with whatever medium you use. Good luck.

[sii]

Hi Tucker,
I've had this cattleya away from the sun in a ziploc bag. I had it with some moist moss for a couple of months with no signs of anything happening. Just recently I changed the moss to a damp paper towel. Still nothing.

I was hoping that this root stimulator would help it along. I have also used the liquid seaweed.

[Eyebabe]

Soak your hydroton or Leca 24 hours in water with some KLN...about 1 tsp per gallon.
Pot it up in your s/h pot like a cattleya that has roots. Use the necessary rhysome clip to secure it to the pot and any other necessary spikes or ties.
Keep it in a high humidity environment and water normally.
Has not failed me in a long time....
But I have waited up to three months to see growth sometimes.

[sii]

Originally Posted by Eyebabe

Soak your hydroton or Leca 24 hours in water with some KLN...about 1 tsp per gallon.
Pot it up in your s/h pot like a cattleya that has roots. Use the necessary rhysome clip to secure it to the pot and any other necessary spikes or ties.
Keep it in a high humidity environment and water normally.
Has not failed me in a long time....
But I have waited up to three months to see growth sometimes.

I don't have hydroton. Would moss, coco husks or bark work??

[Call_Me_Bob]

bump

[Eyebabe]

Originally Posted by sii

I don't have hydroton. Would moss, coco husks or bark work??

Sorry, when you said you went to the hydroponics store I just assume

Pot it up with bark media after soaking it the same way.

Use a rhysome clip etc to secure it. With bark mix, I tend to allow the media to be a bit on the dry side but keep your humidity as high as you can.

Cattleyas tend to root best with high humidity and low watering schedule (essentially a bit on the "dry" side).

[Call_Me_Bob]

if there are no roots, the media will stay wet, if its bark, for a pretty long time.

[Otis226]

I've had a couple of catt divisions, (the poor plant divided itself when I checked the roots), doing basically nothing for me since April 1 of this year. The larger division put out two new deep purple growths after about 1 1/2 months, and I thought we were home free with that one. Then it just stopped. The second division, (smaller only ~ 3 pulbs), hasn't even done that in over 3 months. I had them in an 'ICU' type spag and huge bag situation for about 3 weeks, opening it weekly and spraying with liquid seaweed then, but I finally just hung them out in a sm. palm tree and decided theyll either sink or swim! We've had almost daily rain for the past 3-4 days, so this is the last ditch effort.
Good luck with your save and I hope it works out better'n this one so far.
Tony

[Call_Me_Bob]

thats usually what i do, i dont have time to baby plants.

but the sphag and bag technique might be one to try. ive heard good things about it but never tried it