The mix probably is rotting. They were sitting in standing stagnant water
when "rescued" from Home Depot, and have tons of fungus gnats..

I had seen keiki's on my Dendrobium and Cattleya hybrids, and they (of
course) looked quite a bit different.....


"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:48:57 -0500, "Bruce Musgrove"
wrote:
http://katkom01.home.comcast.net/repot2.jpg and
http://katkom01.home.comcast.net/repot3.jpg
IN this one it looks like 4 younger leaves at the soil level , then abare
area with a whole lot of roots(?) coming out, then a lot of more mature
leaves This is a Dtps Brother Vanessa Hannay "Deleon #1" if it makes any
difference at all. Just repot at the leve l of the lower leaves?

This plant appears to have a basal keiki. That is a baby growing
below the main plant off the base stem of the main plant. Treat it
gently when you take it out of the pot. You should be able to grow
Mom and the baby if your careful. On the other hand if the mix is not
rotting you may want to wait to repot until baby is larger.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids