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I have this beautiful Blc Pamela Hetherington 'çoronation' which has been dying from what I believe is black rot. I repotted it in April and the new growth turned black. I cut it off. Then other stems started to turn yellow and I cut them off always treating with banrot fungicide. Today I took the plant out of its medium to see what's going on with the roots. They look OK but no fresh growth down there. I now cut everything off that looked suspicious and have one good stem left. I soaked the roots in a banrot solution mixed with some food (also a bit of KLH) and set the plant into a plastic bag surrounded by fern slightly moisened with the same solution I soaked the roots with.
Does anybody think this will wake the plant up to grow new roots and stems. Or is this a lost cause? If anybody has ever done something like this must the bag be sealed airtight or should some air get in there? I really love lavender flowers and this was one of my favorites. I guess I could buy a new one but I'd much rather give this plant a chance at life. Here's a writeup of the plant:
Pamela Hetherington 'coronation'
United States Patent PP05154
Abstract:
A new and distinct variety of orchid, and more particularly a Brasso-laeliocattleya (Blc.) hybrid plant which is outstanding and distinct from other orchids because of its superior flowers, which combine a rare coloring, massive size, and profusion of flowers on a single stem. The coloring is mostly a delicate lilac-rose surrounding a central white and yellow area, as specifically described hereinafter. The new variety is also distinctive from its parent population and similar hybrids by its outstanding plant structure. Its flowers are of exceptional substance (thicker and more resilient petals than related plants); they are perfectly placed on the stem; the stem is superior to its relatives in strength; the flowers have a longer bloom life, and are produced more abundantly than orchids of the nearest similar breeding.
PS this is a rather expensive orchid to buy
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