And then there were three. Although the Epc. Rene Marque 'Tyler' looks surprisingly healthy. Aussie Gold, miracle dirt.It very well may be; as always, my opinions on anything having to do with orchids are suspect. Not because I haven't studied up, quite the contrary. No, it's because circumstances keep conspiring to force me to do something. Sprinkle in a little bad judgement and voila. Consider the rule that Cattleya should be repotted only during periods of new growth; a rule I intended to hold dear. Alas the roots on two of my Cattleya hybrids were in such dire straights that they needed to be cut off. And the really bizarre thing is that some were rotted and others were dessicated, side by side in the same pot. The potting media seemed to be the culprit, aided and abetted by me since I failed to inspect it when they arrived. So I put them into hospice and repotted a Bc. Hippodamia that seemed to be headed in the same direction. Seemed like a damned either way kind of thing in any case. But then, my inner moron surfaced. The Epc. RMT was in a tiny little pot and looking not so bad; I repotted it as well. Why? Perhaps a little regression therepy might reveal a repressed memory on this but I think the aforementioned bad judgement is a pretty good explanation. Looks pretty good for now. Too bad Pot. Hawaiian Charisma's leaves are looking funny. Not wrinkles, just a little browning on the leaf tips; roots look OK and I water it correctly.... just another day on the ranch.
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