Wilting Flowers

I also started to spray my greenhouse and all the other plants with a disinfectant. I personally use RD-20 fugicide and I really like it. I also added another fan to keep the air moving which helps the stagnant cool air and dries the leaves of the plants. The extra fan has also helped reduce the condensation that forms in my winter greenhouse.

Three weeks later I was happy to see I was able to save my beautiful Cattleya. The cut had dried and I knew the infection had been stopped. Unfortunately I lost the pseudobulb on the Dendrobium. As can be seen in the photo the pseudobulb continued to decay and finally dried up. I was successful stopping the disease from spreading to the other growths so the plant will be ok. At the first sign of problems you must react or in a very short time you could lose your entire collection.

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