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title: "Help! This is so embarrassing! Ive had this orchid for 3 years and…"
description: "Help! This is so embarrassing! Ive had this orchid for 3 years and each year it has come back after a stem cut. Well currently, my blooms have been solid(I’ve…"
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community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "Jenni"
published: "2023-06-27T17:29:51.501Z"
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# Help! This is so embarrassing! Ive had this orchid for 3 years and…

_Posted by Jenni on 2023-06-27_

Help! This is so embarrassing! Ive had this orchid for 3 years and each year it has come back after a stem cut. Well currently, my blooms have been solid(I’ve had 3 other beautiful blooms that have fallen already and now these current 2) but the leaves look HORRIBLE. Any advice? :/ one lead fell off the other day because it was so bad. I recently repotted it:/

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## 6 comments

### WesternEverest commented on 2023-06-27

I’m not an expert but looks like maybe not enough water? Potting mix looks very dry, and the yellow leaf getting kinda shrunken/wrinkled could be that it’s drying out. Maybe just needs a more frequent watering schedule after the repot.

### LearningPlantMom commented on 2023-06-27

Okay… so yellowing leaves and leaf drop on older orchids is normal. Don’t stress too much about it, that recently happened with mine too.

I would be more concerned if it was a younger orchid, but it’s not. I don’t know the exact reason why it happens, but it’s supposed to happen with older orchid leaves. I watch this one YouTuber, MissOrchidGirl - and she talked about it in one of her videos

#### LearningPlantMom replied on 2023-06-27

The yellow leaf will fall off when it’s ready, don’t try to cut it off, or pull it off, it will allow a gap for bad stuff to get inside this opening, causing your plant future problems.. learned from someone on this app - now I’m paying it forward

#### Suzanne replied on 2023-06-28

MissOrchidGirl is so informative! I’ve learned so much from her YouTube channel!

### AmandaD813 commented on 2023-07-08

Had one that looked the same and I just watered it once a week and gave it orchid fertilizer every few watering and it came back to life.

### Jen commented on 2023-07-09

You may be in need of a repot. Then you can check the roots and see why you’re getting some dehydration.

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