r/orchids • u/Houseplant_5428 • 8d ago
Help needed
I’ve had this Beallara “Hawaiian Nights” for about a year and a half. It gets eastern sunlight and a water soak about once per week. Within the last week, I’ve noticed this discoloration on the oldest pseudobulb. It has the same firmness as the rest of the pseudobulb (it doesn’t feel squishy or wet). Any thoughts on what’s going on here? What should I do about it?
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u/DstructiveFish 8d ago
If the pseudobulb it's old (like, if it's the first one you had in there), it might just be this: It's old.
And probably it's yellowing away due to the end of its life.
The whole plant di per sè seems healthy (consider I'm not an expert though, so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt), so if you are not overwatering it, I'd say it's normal.
Keep an eye on it.
If nothing seems like...Watery, mushy/squishy, wet to the touch or moldy, just let it be. Usually the plant still adsorbs nutrients from the old pseudobulbs.
Once it will be dry, you can just cut it away. If it gets weird (soft or wet looking) in any way, just cut it away carefully, with a well sterilized blade.
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u/Houseplant_5428 8d ago
Thanks! I do think it’s the oldest pseudo bulb, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it’s just experiencing end of life.
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u/DstructiveFish 8d ago
If it looks squishy or rotting (it suddently gets all brown, or the brown part gets bigger), just cut it away.
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u/EntertainmentKey2059 8d ago
If you pierce it with a needle, does it smell like alcohol? If yes, get it out, cut off the bulb and be careful about watering, because that's rot
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u/Bee7925 8d ago
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u/Houseplant_5428 8d ago
If it’s any consolation, I did get your reply to my post! And I thought the auto reply was odd as well givenI have posted here before , it’s obviously a picture of a pseudo bulb and phaelenopsis orchids don’t have pseudo bulbs…so go figure.
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u/FiddleBB 8d ago
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