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blasted leaf sheath on cattleya

17 years ago

Nothing much to take a picture of, but my Chia Lin "New City" cattleya had a new p-bulb that put out a leaf sheath that appeared to be incubating a new flower. I've been careful to let it dry out before watering. We went away for a week and I'm pretty sure my house-sitter didn't touch the orchids. When I got back, the forming flower sheath had turned black and dry. The new leaf it came from looks wrinkled and has a purplish cast to the color. I cut out the dead sheath--yes, I know some say to leave it alone--and have resumed its normal watering cycle about every week-10 days. My question is, could it need to be soaked for a day or so to get rid of the wrinkles or would this make matters worse?

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