I bought a highly-recommended plant probiotic to help my orchids grow stronger and fight off pathogens. A friend dropped off some plants for me to care for while he travels for a couple of months. The Catasetums are starting to swell and showing signs that the end of the growing season is approaching. The seedlings look fine for the most part, but root growth seems to have stopped in many of them, with some dieback of leaves as well. A large, white Cattleya hybrid looks like it may be blooming soon. One Cattleya rex was struggling with rot, so I removed the rotten portions, leaving two divisions, and am offering it to anyone who would like to try saving it (update, it has been claimed!)
