Oncidium Sharry Baby in trouble?

[ysanabria]

I have a beautiful Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' mounted outside on a Coconut tree it blooms 2 to 3 times a year!
Now have couple of spikes coming up. I found today one pseudobulb at the bottom of the plant that is brown, soft and kind of watery inside
I checked the whole plant and that is the only one in that condition.
What is happening?
Any help will be very much appreciated

Here is a picture of the plant now


Here is the picture of the pseudobulb


Here is a picture when she was in blomming

[mayres]

That is one fabulous looking plant - wish I could grow plants outdoors like that!
I would pull (or cut) that brown one off. I've had intergenerics do this as well and have just removed the off color older piece and the remainder goes on as if nothing happened.

[elitebettas]

The plant looks okay; cut off the brown bulb to the base, douse it with hydrogen peroxide then cinnamon. Happens from too much water/staying wet too long

[NancyG]

I agree with the above and it is a beautiful plant.

[dillon935]

That's is a healthy just beautiful plant I'd love to have one in that kind of trouble. Smile, definitely understand your concern though; you wouldn't want to sit back and allow something to happen to it. Goodness you have a large variety of the most beautiful plants all growing naturally. How I envy you guys who are in a temperate climate and grow orchids out doors.

[lmartiny]

I'm having the same problem and repotted it and cut several P bulbs off of it. Many spikes died. Now I'm just crossing my fingers. I'm sure you have gotten a lot of rain down there as well.

[amersault]

what a fabulous plant - you've obviously taking great care of it.

that happens to some of my Oncs as well and i just wait for the PSB to age naturally and then i pull/cut them out. your plant looks healthy overall so i would't be too worried.

[orchids4me]

Hi I to have had this problem and I didn't at first remove the bad pb costing me the new growth and the entire plant. happened to 1 Onc. , 2 Colm. And 4 Milt. I have one I'm still nursing back with 2pb's and no leaves and 1 with no leaves but 2 new growths that I did remove the old bad pb from I also used cinnamon on the cuts and brookin's recipe soak on the roots and do spritz with her recipe now with a 15 drops rubbing alcohol 70 percent added to the portion made (so far so good)
Emmaye

[ysanabria]

Originally Posted by lmartiny

I'm having the same problem and repotted it and cut several P bulbs off of it. Many spikes died. Now I'm just crossing my fingers. I'm sure you have gotten a lot of rain down there as well.

It has been raining every other day, I already cut it and put cinnamon on it. I hope We don't get any more mushy bulbs!
Thank you

[lmartiny]

I've got two more mushy on mine.

[zaeem]

ysanabria,Beauty of a plant.great bloom!


Good advice .I JUSTlast week had to perform the same surgery on my sharry baby.But had to divide the plant into 3 parts and repotted.Ithink excess water not drying was causing pb to rot.
zaeem

[jerrymeola]

The rain and the heat are the cause although it surprises me on a mounted plant. Just goes to show how wet and hot it is.

I never lose Sharry Baby and had to discard 3-4 this year (out of 200) from this rot, but they were not getting any air circulation making it worst.

You did what you could do.

Still it looks as much as old growth dying normally as heat and water rot. It may eventually be nothing.

[orchidlover55]

That is the same way my oncidiums look. They have been doing the same thing except I haven't been watering mine enough. Every time I water them they have completely dried out. But my Dancing Lady looks almost identical to your oncidium. I am going to remedy mine the same way. I am going to keep up with this Thread to see how yours does too.

[Smokerfamily]

It is basal rot. I had it on an Oncidium sphacelatum. Cut it off and now there is another new growth coming. Caused by too much water combined with cool conditions in my opinion.

[lmartiny]

This reminds me that I better get those new mushy ones and quick. I'm not having good luck with Oncs it seems. Well, others too. My dead/dying list has some pretty cool plants on it. Phooey! Goes with the territory I guess.