Well, today I yanked one of the offending (offended??) Paphs. Dry as a bone,
despite having been watered well on Friday. Roots are still robust. Guess
I've been even stingier with the H20 than I thought. They all got a nice
warm bath today.

Thanks for all your thoughts and ideas.

Diana

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Thanks, T, but they were repotted about 2 weeks ago and the roots were
quite good. That's when the trouble started. And it's not all of them.

I use quite a bit of CHC, for Oncids, Catt seedlings, some Epis and Enc's
too. I always soak, rinse and repeat before using it. And I lighten it up
with small Aliflor, sponge rock, charcoal and sometimes add a little
spagnum too.

Diana

"tenman" wrote in message
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Diana Kulaga wrote:
Remember that we grow outside, so it depends on the weather. It's been
dry, so a couple of times a week lately. I don't ever over water. If
anything, I'm stingy that way. But I'm wondering if these guys need a
serious bath to get them going again. They weren't dried out when I
repotted, and the CHC wicks up water quite well. Still....

Diana

Take a representative plant out of pot at once and check the roots. It
won't hurt it and you need to know if the roots are rotting and if so,
overwatering them now will be the kiss of death. Note the moisture level
of the mix. If the roots are good, I would suggest (assuming they are
loosely in the mix rather than tightly packed) they could use some TLC,
including copious watering.

Other thought: has the CHC been soaked to leach out salts? If not, the
salt levels will kill the roots. I don't know if you are used to using
CHC or not.

Other than that, I'm out of ideas.