Susan, what water do you use? Do you use water from the faucet?
FYI- I do not fertilize my Masd's, Pleuro's and Drac's and the water that
we have in our municipality is safe to use on the more sensitive orchids.
It isn't "hard" water, and the salt / chemical content is very low. The
Pleurothallis family is very sensitive to water quality, and I would most
certainly contact your local DEP office and have them guide you in the right
direction. For me it was a matter of a simple e-mail and it answered all my
concerns .

Good luck to you,
Mariana

"Susan Murray" wrote in message
om...
I have a Pleurothallis truncata, and it is not doing well at all. It
is mounted on a peat slab and it has two leaves. When I bought it it
had three, but one turned so yellow I removed it since I thought the
plant was using too much energy on it.

I know they live high in the mountains and like "cool" weather... but
I don't know how to water it or get it to grow new leaves. I tried
expanding the medium it was on by adding some sphagnum moss and a few
pieces of cork, but I don't know if this has helped.

I grow my plants on a window sill. I have plant lights for the ones
that like extra light and more shady spots for those that don't I use
a 1/4 normal strength solution of peters orchid food every other week
and water as needed (I only let the dendrobium dry out totally...

All of my other plants are doing OK, but the Pleurothallis truncata
seems to be leaving me. It has no new roots, no new leaves, nothing--
it's still green, but other than that I don't even know if it is
alive... HELP!


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