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Broken stems on epidendrum?

18 years ago

So here's the scenario...

Last July, I moved from Florida to Texas. I couldn't bare to part with my beloved Epidendrum, so it rode in the front of the moving truck with me. Unfortunately, the only three full-grown stems it had at the time, which were all in full bloom, broke just below the cluster of blooms. I didn't cut them back any farther, because I wasn't sure where to cut them back to, and I was just hoping they would "bounce back", as it were. Well, the tips are brown and dried out, but the stems are still alive. On top of that, there has been an explosion of new, healthy stems and a number of roots growing off of the stems (mainly from the new stems).

Now, after all of that, herein lies the question: Is there any hope of reviving the old stems with the dried brown tips so that they can once again be healthy and produce blooms?

I included some pictures that I just took.

{{gwi:162541}}Epidendrum Fantasy Valley Star Burst 1

{{gwi:162543}}Epidendrum Fantasy Valley Star Burst 2

{{gwi:162546}}Epidendrum Fantasy Valley Star Burst 3

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