From the picture, I don't see much to worry about. The yellowing
pseudobulbs are the oldest ones. They do that.

Unfortunately the blooms don't last forever (3 or 4 weeks, max, in my
hands) could be that you didn't do anything wrong. I always wait for
the stem to brown and get brittle (from laziness more than anything),
then I cut or break it off near the base.

I water my mounted laelias every day (or as close to that as I can get),
winter and summer. You would be hard pressed to overwater a typical
mounted plant, at least one mounted on a stick. I travel a bit more in
the winter, so all my mounts probably get a little less watering during
that time, but I don't go out of my way to make that happen. Yours
looks like it might be a touch dry, but it is hard to tell. You need to
fertilize. Weakly, weekly is a common mantra. Use far less than you
think you should, more often than you think you should. That make sense?

Rob

wrote:
Hello,

I purchased a beautiful, mounted, Laelia Gouldiana a few
months ago\. It was doing beautifully, and bloomed
just before thanksgiving. I took it back to pittsburgh (I live in NY)
with me for the holiday and shortly after I brought it back, the bloom
fell off (I imagine bc of the rapid temperature change).

Now, however, it looks like there is a problem with the pseudobulbs! 2
of the 4 (the two that do not have leaves growing from them) are
turning yellow/ orange and it looks like they are dying. the tips are
also developing a dry, crusty looking bits, and on one of them, it is
developing dry, crusty patches along it's surface. Any ideas??

Also, after the bloom is finished, do I cut it off? At what point? (the
stem is now brown as well... is that supposed to happen?

I have attached some pictures...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b5...LG-sick-09.jpg

This is my first orchid, I really appreciate the help!

thanks
Sarah

Also, some of the orchid care resources say that Laelia Gouldianas do
best when they are watered less in the winter... is this the case? I
have also heard that it is virtually impossible to over water a mounted
plant... am I safer to err on the side of too much water in this case?
Should it be fertilized? If so, how often?



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