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Dendrobium jenkinsii

Discussion in 'Issues, Disease and Pests' started by Auctus, Apr 13, 2013.

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  1. Auctus

    Auctus New Member

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    Dear all,
    This morning - to my horror, I have discovered huge spots on one of my favorite orchids - D. Jenkinsii.
    Here you can see a pair of photos I've taken this morning and a photo pf it blooming richly a month ago:
    www.flickr.com/photos/auctus/
    (It's my first post here so i can't add a photo inside the text yet - sorry)

    The day before yesterday I've watered it and it was fine. I have this plant for some 8 years and it's always been very healthy. Can't stand the thought of it dying from this.

    Any ideas what this could be? Maybe some chemicals were introduced into the water reservoir during the last rain? I dip my plants in a bucket which I fill from that reservoir which collects water from the roof. I have only dipped this plant two days ago after it heavily rained - and the color of the water was a bit suspicious (brownish/yellowish).
    I also had some fungi infections in some of my plants in the past - but nothing similar to this.
    I'm looking forward to reading your comments, as I'm really sorry for this plant.
    Cheers,
    Israel
     
  2. Marni

    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Hi, I tried to follow your link, but didn't find images with symtoms of disease. Let's see if we can get you to post the image. If you can find the image on your computer, you can click the "Upload file" right below the window where you type text. That will let you navigate to the file on your computer and choose it.

    I just noticed that the reason your image didn't post was that there was an extra space between www. and flicker. I've fixed that so people can click and see your plant. My first thought is sun burn (as Peter Lin suggests), though that usually shows as dark red at first. If it doesn't turn watery/soft, chances are it won't progress. I'm sure others may have some ideas.
     
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    I can see the photos. I mean it could be a sunburn?
     
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    looks to me but as i cant see surface clear it might be surface grazing ,Snail??

    lovely plant how do you grow it
     
  5. Auctus

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    Thanks Marni for correcting the link! You are all right - this is indeed sunburn. Since I never had that problem (in 8 years of growing orchids) I could not recognize it. But now it is obvious. And knowing what it is I also know what happened: I forgot to put the sunscreen during that day (it was raining all the time) and the sun probably came out for several hours before I came back. Well - this won't happen again...
    I presume there's nothing I can do about it now, is there? Should i remove the damaged leaves (some 9 of them)? The plant seems further OK. I hope it recovers quickly. Any tips are welcome!

    Tomuk, I grow this one hanging on my windowsill (facing the south;temp. 16-25 Celsius), dipping it in rainwater almost every day and fertilizing it once a week. In December or January I put it in a cold attic (2-10 Celsius) with some artificial light for 6-8 weeks with no watering except once in 3 weeks - then a very quick dip. In February/March I bring it back to the warmth of my living room and dip it as much as possible with lukewarm water. Usually three weeks later the flower spikes would appear.
    I'm really happy it's 'just' sunburn and not something terrible like fungi attack or water poisoning.
     
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    It's up to you if you want to remove them... I sun burnt mine this winter trying to get it to bloom. The leaves that got burn and fell off by them selfs...... but it's blooming!
     
  7. Marni

    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    I would leave them on for the time. If part of the leave is green, it will keep photosynthesizing and contributing to growth.