New Beallara-Please help

[Iggy75]

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, and orchids in general. I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I recently acquired a Beallara and am wondering what the roots are supposed to look like. I have 2 phalenopsis and their roots are very different (larger and greener) that the Beallara. The roots of the Beallara seem to be kind of papery and whiteish. I also don't see any green tips on the ends. Is this the way they are supposed to look? Also, could you please give me some general info on care. Thank you for your help.

[Tobi]

Hi Iggy and welcome to the forum. If you would be so kind as to go to the User CP
at the top left and update your location, it will be helpful for us to assist you in future
posts.

Beallara is a intergeneric hybrid containing: Brassia x Cochloida x Miltonia x Odontoglossum. The roots are much thinner and smaller than that of a Phal.
In your pic, they look good to me. As long as they are firm and not black and
mushy, they should be O.K. Here is a link for Cultural care for the Odontoglossum
family which is the same type of care that yours requires.

orchid care, orchid growing tips, and beautiful orchids! - 16k

[tizzycat]

Welcome to the forum Iggy. The roots look good to me.

[sandra]

Those roots look good to me too. I wish my Beallara was growing as nicely as yours appears to. I'm trying over with a different medium now but for yours, it looks really healthy.

[fred]

welcome to the forum I will second what Tobi has said to you.
enjoy your stay and ask all the questions you would like to ask

[Iggy75]

Thank you for your replies. If I could ask one more question- When I first got this orchid (a Diana Dunn Newberry), its pbulbs were almost completely smooth. A couple of days later they started to shrivel-is this normal or is it something I did? As you can see in one of the pics, they aren't badly wrinkled, but they have definitely changed since in my care.

[Aleksa]

You said that the roots are papery? if that is the case and if they are not firm and full of water and tissue than they are dead. That can be the cause for shriveling your bulbs. Do the plant has some new growth?

[Iggy75]

Aleksa-Yes, there are four pbulbs, one of which is actively growing. Upon closer examination of the plant, it looks as though I do see a few new roots that have green tips that are growing from the new pbulb. The rest of the roots don't seem to have the green tips. Is the new growth the only part of the plant that would have live roots?

[Aleksa]

Originally Posted by Iggy75

Aleksa-Yes, there are four pbulbs, one of which is actively growing. Upon closer examination of the plant, it looks as though I do see a few new roots that have green tips that are growing from the new pbulb. The rest of the roots don't seem to have the green tips. Is the new growth the only part of the plant that would have live roots?

Old bulbs will not grow new roots. If roots on them are dead than all the energy from bulbs will go in growing new growth which will make new roots. I think your plant will be just fine, a bit of shriveling isn't so bad. I regularly buy Oncidium, Brassia and Odontoglossum intergenerics which have all roots rotten and they just make new growth and continue to grow and bloom next season after that growth matures.