Well bulbophyllums are my next group to be tackled. I've repotted ny Catts
and paphs and masds. Leaving the Bulbos and the miscs to be repotted next.

So just *WHAT* is it with bulbos??????? I've tried wet . moss. bark......
they just linger for me. Talk about ticking me off!!!

Bill Thoms says to put them on treefern (horizontal) in 1/4 inch of standing
water... pfft! Nada. No new growth much less blooms. So I put them on
bark and/or s moss in clay & nada: no new growths or blooms....... so WHAT
do they want??? God they **** me off!!!!

Best result I've gotten is high light in baskets with dry moss and I thinK
they bloom just before they expire... which doesn't get me anywhere fast.

Arrgh!!!!!!!!

K Barrett



Yellow-to-brown is more common with underwatering. Black is usually
indicative of some sort of fungal or bacterial infection.

I would speculate - having no further info - water on the leaves after
nightfall, not enough air flow, or something along those lines.

Or... too cool, maybe?
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"Richard" wrote in message
...
Bulbophyllum laxiflorum, growing in sphagnum moss in a clay pot. Growing
indoors under fluorescent lights (12 inches from fixture) with
additional
indirect light from a window. Humidity around 40 - 60% (cool mist
humidifier during the day). Watering has been sporadic this summer, at
least once a week.

Put out 5 new growths, the growths got about half the size of the mature
growths, and the leaves turned black and fell off. The pseudobulbs are
still green and look healthy, and the mature growths look fine, still
have
their leaves and nicely green. Roots look good.

Anyone out there have any ideas? I'm suspecting that it might have
gotten
too dry, and while watering saved the pseudobulb, the new leaves
succumbed.

Richard