keike trouble

[evagentry]

about a week and a half ago I potted up two epidendrum keikes, they were good sized with roots about three inches long on each one, they appeared to be doing fine until today when I saw they both had a dark brown almost black watery rot on the middle of their stems, so before I threw them away i checked the roots which looked o.k, the tops also looked o. k., what went wrong? there are three small dendrobium keikes growing in the same place with the same care, can anyone help me understand this? eva:

[fred]

can you post a pic evagentry ?
I am thinking that the keiki may have received to much water on the new growths and the water has not been able to get out that close to the stem causing the stem to start to rot.

I hope other members can also come up with advise

[evagentry]

I dont have a way to post a picture but the rot was very watery and fast. thanks for replying quickly Fred, a couple of months back I tried another keiki from this same plant , it didnt live either but it was small and had almost no root growth.In the future I will be much more careful watering.

[fred]

what I do with the young keiki,s I just give them a quick light mist.

I have mine under 70% shade cloth no direct sunlight and on warm to hot days I light mist them early am and around 4 pm to give the water a chance to dry off before dark

I hope this help you also

[evagentry]

thanks Fred ,I do remember, after thinking a bit ,the night before last I sprayed them late which I dont normally do, this is probably what caused the problem.