Cattleya question

[Aniko]

I got a blooming Blc.Edisto with 9 pseudo bulbs in a single row, all of them having its leaf. when the bloom was gone in October I divided /re-potted it.
I cut off the last 3, with one living root and potted up. Shortly after, a bud appeared.
The bigger part of the rhizome, with 6 pseudo-bulbs (having already a bud at the base of the third youngest ps.bulb) developed a lot of new roots and a second bud at the oldest ps.bulb.
The roots keep on growing beautifully, but I can't see any new growth from the youngest ps.bulb, and all the other buds are stagnant.
Is that OK, just I'm short of patience...or something is going wrong ?
Aniko.

[jerrymeola]

Well if you are having a lack of patience with these results, you may have problems in the future.

A normal October division, would have NO buds, NO new growth, and maybe NO new roots this quick.

The general growing pattern of Cattleya are that you will not get growth or buds out of old pseudobulbs. All new growth comes from the leading rhizome edge. All new buds develop on the newest growth.

Edisto is a fast growing Cattleya and mine are quick to recover as was yours. Other species may go dormant for most of a year after division, especially the back bulb portion.

[Aniko]

Oh Jerry I'm just inexperienced in Cattleya, and I like to know what I should expect Thanks for answering, I feel a great relief knowing that things are going well.
Aniko.

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

The roots are very important, so if the growth with the roots has slowed down, just be patient. The term bud is not appropriate. 'Growing eye' would be good to use, or 'growth' is a good term, but bud is reserved for the early stage of a flower. If the eye at the oldest bulb started to grow but then turned off, you may want to consider using a hormone to kick it into growth again. Tomatoe set, preferably with kenetin, but Tomatoe set with indole-3-p... will probably also work. Just spray the eye every so often until it starts again, but stop as soon as it starts, or it wont produce any roots. I would wait for the forward bulb a little longer to start a growth. It sounds like the plant suddenly decided it wasn't the right season yet to grow and maybe it will change its mind yet.

If this goes on for some time, you may want to use the hormones on a forward eye, but just one, but it can get a little out of control if you are too free with the hormone, and you don't want to use it on any of the other eyes. You might inspect the eyes on the forward bulb to make sure there is nothing wrong with them. Fungus in the pot can sometimes burn the eyes and ruin their viability.

I think I would probably have cut the rhyzome leaving 5 growths in a row, as this makes for a good support for the forward bulb.
But if you got more growths than just one, you have a very good result from your cutting.