Yellow Cattleya?

[Lucinda Brown]

I recently bought a cattleya from one of my favorite ebay vendors, clearance plants. When it arrived with the others the foliage was very yellow. I gave it a good watering with a dose of liquid iron in the mix. This greened it up slightly but it still looks too yellowish. What else can I do for it and what,besides lack of iron could cause it? Their are no signs of bugs,even mites, but I've sprayed it anway to be sure. Help!

[jerrymeola]

Overall yellow leaves on my Cattleya usually indicate a deteriorating plant. I usually do not have the time to attempt to save them. Water lightly and no fertilizer until you see new growth. I would keep it in lower light levels than normal for Cattleya.

[Lucinda Brown]

Thank you Jerry,but I had already moved it to my greenhouse with good light and after the first liquid iron watering and spraying I gave it another good watering [when it was ready]with some 20-20-20 fertilizer I use for my vandas and guess what? Only one leaf left on it that hasn't greened up considerablly! I love your advice but this time,maybe because I'm stubborn and hate to give up on anything with a sign of life in,it seems to be paying off. Much thanks, though!