Any advice?
It looks like it may be in its original nursery plug- a sort of sponge-y material? Since it’s already out of the pot- I assume you are looking to repot? Is this a fairly basic oncidium cross? They tend to need a little more water than cattleyas and tolerate drought less than a phalaenopsis. So depending on your environment… really dry? Really humid? I would go with a ventilated clear plastic pot, (they still need air pockets,) with a smaller sized bark- not super chunky. I’d add some sphagnum moss mixed in if you tend to go longer between waterings, or have a dryer environment. Before repotting, give the roots a gentle squeeze. If they are firm, they are healthy. If they’re mushy or flat and papery, they are dead and you should cut them away.
0개 좋아요I was going to put it in orchid mix. Some of the roots look like they are rotting. It's a pretty dry environment, Except summer.
0개 좋아요Yes, there are orchid mixes (primarily bark) more suited to oncidiums with really small bark pieces. I highly recommend repotme mixes. However, if you go with something general, with chunkier pieces, you may just have to water more frequently.
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