Beallara Tahoma Glacier
The name Beallara means that it is a man-made hybrid among distantly related species. It is a cross among Brassia, Cochlioda, Miltonia and Odontoglossum. It is easy to grow and produces lots of large flowers. It remains in bloom for quite a long time. Definitely a nice addition to a collection.

The picture shows the plant after it was cleaned up and repotted. Run the mouse pointer over the words on the picture for a closer view.

The plant came from a local grower with a good reputation so it was originally healthy. Now it shows signs of dehydration with the wrinkles on the pseudobulbs. The leaves are clean and in good condition.

Dehydration can come from both over watering and under watering. We need to see the roots to know.

Once the plant was washed and groomed we find out that the news is pretty good. There are quite a few live roots. There are some dead roots on the oldest pseudobulbs, but that is normal. There is a new growth that is well started but has not produced roots of its own just yet.

Our best guess is that the plant has been watered, but not enough. When watering an orchid, take it to the sink and run a LOT of water through and let it drain well. Then don't water at all for a week.

This plant is put back into the same pot. In addition, I made a stake with the name of the plant and the re-pot date and put it in the pot. This grower puts printed labels on the pot, but that is not good long term. Plants will likely change pots at some time.

7 months later

The plant is fully recovered. The bit of new growth has developed into a full-sized pseudobulb and the older pseudobulbs have re-hydrated fully. There is a strong spike. This was not a critical rescue, more of re-potting challenge. These conditions are seen quite often. This will need repotting again soon now that there is root growth.