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title: "So I repotted my orchid Wednesday evening, and 2 of the flowers…"
description: "So I repotted my orchid Wednesday evening, and 2 of the flowers started wilting yesterday afternoon. It was doing fantastic before repotting. I’ve had it for…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/BAlhcvNhQzatWyxRCJGLLA/644299d4c8da344aa418bf9e"
community: "Foliage Plant Haven"
author: "MaggiePlants"
published: "2023-04-21T14:12:36.302Z"
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# So I repotted my orchid Wednesday evening, and 2 of the flowers…

_Posted by MaggiePlants on 2023-04-21_

So I repotted my orchid Wednesday evening, and 2 of the flowers started wilting yesterday afternoon. It was doing fantastic before repotting. I’ve had it for about a month and the pot didn’t have drainage and the air roots were overflowing from the pot, so I had to repot. I’m using an orchid soil mix, didn’t pack the soil too much and gently watered it just to wet the soil. I did move it about 1 1/2 yards away from where it was before the repot, but when I noticed the flowers I moved it back to its original spot and set up a humidifier. The new bud is opening this morning, I’m just wondering if it will be okay or if I should do more to help it destress 😞

Note: it’s been in the corner of an east facing and south facing window. The south facing window gets filtered light, east facing gets full morning light until about 9 am when it’s filtered. Also has 2 full spectrum grow lights nearby. As I said, the orchid has been doing fantastic up until yesterday.

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## 2 comments

### Cristi and Grayson commented on 2023-04-21

Try putting it in water for a lil bit. We potted our orchids and they weren’t happy so we put them in water and they are happy now.

### MeasomerPi commented on 2023-05-07

Repotting while in bloom can sometimes cause the flowers to drop prematurely.

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