Left Lc. Stephen Oliver Fouraker alone at the other house. Would get
there about once a week to water and check the orchids aobut once a
week. I got it this winter and haven't repotted it yet.

The weather warmed and I think it got too dry. The mix has some
timed release and the medium has some sort of fibrous mold. It looked
like bark, no ammendments. The alarming thing is the new growth is
soft, not opening out into flat leaves, and the leaf tips had about 2"
of black rot. Could anything else have been the cause?

I cut the black off of it, opened the leaves a little and dusted with
cinnamon. The new growth, 3 leads, were all effected. Will repot it
tomorrow into something different and treat it with Physan 20. If you
have any other suggestions please toss them into the ring. I also
brought it back with me to the (hopefully) more favorable environment
in a sheltered corner of my plant room.

Hopefully whatever is plaguing Ollie will not progress to the point of
killing it. If he lives through this, he'll be pretty ugly for a
couple of years.

TIA,

Nancy