paphioboy
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This morning as I was looking around my plants, I noticed my 4-growth paph barbatum has been attacked by a fungus. This particular fungal infection is quite serious, and I have lost some paphs before due to this.. The fungus is a saprophytic species, I think, but the problem is it cannot differentiate between live and dead tissue. Luckily I managed to salvage 2 growths and a rootstock. The other 2 growths are already beyond recovery. i believe this occurs when the medium is rich in organic material and the plant is grown too wet near the 'crown' of the plant. Anybody else have this problem before?
The damage:
A growth rotted by the fungus..
Fungus hyphae growing on the rhizome.. The rhizome has been 'eaten', leaving 1 healthy growth left with only 2 roots..
Managed to salvage 1 healthy growth with most of the roots..
The single growth with 2 roots and the leafless rootstock..
Living in the tropics is not that rosy after all...:sob:
The damage:
A growth rotted by the fungus..
Fungus hyphae growing on the rhizome.. The rhizome has been 'eaten', leaving 1 healthy growth left with only 2 roots..
Managed to salvage 1 healthy growth with most of the roots..
The single growth with 2 roots and the leafless rootstock..
Living in the tropics is not that rosy after all...:sob: