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10-04-2006, 08:44 PM
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| Old backbulbs I just have a quick question about old backbulbs - if you have one that's turned brown, but isn't rotting, is it okay to just leave it? My oncidium Sharry Baby and my Enc. cochleata (cockleshell orchid) both have a brown backbulb each, but are putting out lots of healthy new growth. I don't want to disturb them unless it's really neccessary. (BTW, the cockleshell orchid just finished blooming about two months ago and the Sharry Baby has yet to bloom - I bought it as a "mature size" orchid expected to bloom within a year.)
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10-04-2006, 11:02 PM
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| If it has dried up, I often twist it of, or pull it off. Removing back bulbs can be done any time, unless you are trying to save some roots on it, which they almost never have. I think the only time it might be a problem going in with some sterilized pointy shears to remove BBs, is if you can't see what the pattern is and you don't want to separate the plant into pieces as in growing a specimin plant. But if you cut the rhyzome with shears and then cut any root strings likewise, you should be able to remove BBs without disturbing the rest of the plant. I find I had to do this for plants like Cymbidiums where the bulbs were crowding the pot, but were mostly back bulbs (well, when my culture wasn't too good). Cynthia |
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10-06-2006, 09:33 PM
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| Thanks! When I removed the one from the cochleata, I found yet another new growth from the bulb behind it, too.
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