Playing Dr. Frankenstein with Orchis purpurea

One of my Orchis purpurea just had it's shoot rot off the bulb because it had stayed too wet for too long. Fortunately, the bulb is still very firm and alive, with what looks like the makings of a tiny new white shoot growing out of the edge of the crater the old shoot was growing out of.



As you can see, there is a tiny white triangular shaped growth coming out of the upper inner edge of that crater in this photo. I believe that this orchid will eventually recover (hopefully, at least).

However, the shoot that rotted off, was not completely dead. I decided to tap into my inner mad scientist and clean off the bottom of it as much as I could, and dip the whole thing in rooting hormone and put it in a pot just to see what would happen.





Wish me luck y'all! I'm curious to know if both pieces will continue to grow!

 

This one didn't make it.

It prompted me to pull the other 2 out of their pots. They were all too wet. They're both currently in orchid potato ICU treated with hormones. 1 of the 2 still has a shoot on it. The other still has a strong tuberoid on it.