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title: "The Orchid Oasis"
description: "The Oasis for Orchid Lovers"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ"
language: "en"
modified: "2023-05-04T12:07:53.578Z"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/theOrchidOasis.jpg"
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# The Orchid Oasis

"The Orchid Oasis" is a community for passionate orchid lovers to share their experiences, learn from experts and connect with other enthusiasts.

Flowering plants. 12021 members, 1493 posts

## Posts

- [There was a small accident and something fell on my orchid. The new baby leaf was broken and the topmost leaf is now…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/SVD3nVDtTUmQhaXDSgQsiA.md) (by Matilda, 2024-09-12, 6 comments)
- [Does this look healthy? If I need to cut it where should I make the cut?](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/WKkAcMvKToiPwi2mLOhAjQ.md) (by Sabrina, 2024-09-11, 9 comments)
- [How can I help these roots? Should I cut them off? I don't want to kill this beauty.](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/maXDx6T1SOK-2kF3wonreA.md) (by Sabrina, 2024-09-11, 3 comments)
- [What is this. It was my flowering stem should I cut it?](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/0WZ9OEi2TQKv8vajTxwV8w.md) (by Malia, 2024-09-10, 2 comments)
- [CVS was tossing orchids in the trash. I asked to have them. They thought I was crazy. I bought them home, cleaned, cut…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/mU026uMZSS6RWvmi2vBiTg.md) (by Ama the plant Mama., 2024-09-10, 4 comments)
- [This is a very old orchid - it was my husband’s grandmother’s! Other than these black spots, I believe it looks…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/fO7QAmGETiC9KlRlxJsP-Q.md) (by Lynne, 2024-09-10, 4 comments)
- [Some of the older canes on my den have been turning smaller and wrinkled, is this part of the regular aging process or…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/Vi_zSIsDREaS3i7g14zRaA.md) (by Sharon, 2024-09-09, 4 comments)
- [Hello, my orchid was given to me and it's got very healthy leaves and a long branch the tip was brown so I trimmed it…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/G5qHxmeMTuW-08DbpxUY7g.md) (by Sabrina, 2024-09-08, 2 comments)
- [Oops… I may have purchased 5 new orchids…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/SknBNaYYR3-qN0JkI_Sldw.md) (by Swamp Witch, 2024-09-08, 12 comments)
- [Orchid lost all its flowers and the ends of the spikes are drying up. Do I need to cut the spikes off for the next…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/bskc4_poSsS-bMhksigNcg.md) (by Spencer, 2024-09-06, 3 comments)
- [I was gifted this orchid about three weeks ago. Recently, I’ve noticed that some of its roots have started to turn…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/McnNUYDvTwq0E9gBekKfWA.md) (by Resha, 2024-09-04, 4 comments)
- [Phrag. Bouley Bay. This is an old plant that finally flowered after way too many years.](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/mOzwGWHqQZad6fMVhn_9nQ.md) (by Barbara, 2024-09-04, 4 comments)
- [Have you guys ever seen this happen on a phalaenopsis root? I have tips growing normally, and then this weirdo. It’s…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/UhJKPOiOQfChIm0sj4SdFw.md) (by Jen, 2024-09-04, 7 comments)
- [Hi! I recently got these two moth orchids that need rescuing from my mother in law and they are in really bad shape.…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/0bAIe-wZQzyuAWVJDBpjYw.md) (by Andrea, 2024-09-03, 5 comments)
- [Check out my keiki. :)](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/Zko1jXwDSaKc2oRC0xrzDQ.md) (by Swamp Witch, 2024-09-03, 2 comments)
- [Is this guy salvageable? Dropping yellow leaves and not really any roots 😕](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/r5yzGBMmRRCSTTAIBkY31g.md) (by EmJabs, 2024-09-03, 6 comments)
- [So, I went away for a few days and the roots on this rhynchostylis caerulea completely shriveled. I was hoping it would…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/c4wquJV6TGCNEnAWIacFyA.md) (by MattL, 2024-08-31, 4 comments)
- [I wrote in previously about this poor cymbidium sinense, which was suffering from…something: cat teeth, dryness, who…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/FeWWCb91Rz27nQNpyElg9Q.md) (by MattL, 2024-08-30, 3 comments)
- [I had obtained a Bulbophyllum and started noticing about a month ago that portions of a leaf or two had elevated off…](https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/2vbCIwToQROgWxsIEhRqUA.md) (by Mary, 2024-08-30, 4 comments)

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