Bulbophyllum Mastersianum dried/rotting roots?
 

Hi,

I ordered a bulbophyllum online a while ago, it took a fairly long time to arrive and when it did, it's roots were completely dry (although the bulbs only seemed slightly shriveled). I potted it in pure sphagnum moss, however the pot was too large for it and I got my hands on another small pot.

When I went to pot it this time around, I noticed the roots looked very unhappy. For lack of technical terminology, they were almost all sliding off of the 'thread' that runs through each root. I imagined that this could be some kind of rot? Although since it needs to stay moist, I don't know what to do?

I put him in a little pot with sphagnum and a few woodchips to hopefully assist in draining. Is this savable?

The "thread" is covered by velamen which is like a sleeve that takes in water. Normally the velamen is somewhat silvery and becomes green with moisture and stays firm when healthy.Soft and mushy roots need to be cut off.I think your treatment now is all you can do.Keep it shady and a bit drier and check for new root growth which may take awhile,IMO.

Thats quite worrying, I think there may be one or two stilk surviving roots but almost all of them are completely torn up, I should really think before buying orchids online :(

If you have a fish tank or some enclosure, put it in there, in a few weeks it will grow new growth

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