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title: "Two new roots and a baby leaf! She’s my first orchid and I almost…"
description: "Two new roots and a baby leaf! She’s my first orchid and I almost lost her because I made a lot of rookie mistakes. But she’s growing now! 🥹"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/64d844aeb591a1738d39d759"
community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "MargaretYakoda"
published: "2023-08-13T02:49:18.875Z"
language: "en"
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# Two new roots and a baby leaf! She’s my first orchid and I almost…

_Posted by MargaretYakoda on 2023-08-13_

Two new roots and a baby leaf!

She’s my first orchid and I almost lost her because I made a lot of rookie mistakes. But she’s growing now! 🥹

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Dddu7TYaXY5HqX8fYylWiN-_Dr-lK_FMnuBL9CeUCxk/9f144afd428f4882b616b8dd6a281f9f.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### MeasomerPi commented on 2023-08-13

Looking good!

#### MargaretYakoda replied on 2023-08-14

I spent a couple weeks scraping off black rot daily, and then putting Physan on that crown. It had lost all but four roots, as well as a couple leaves. And then lost another root a week later that I thought was gonna be ok. Had to carefully pull that one out of the bark with some tweezers. Which wasn’t fun because it was falling apart.

Learning as I go…. 😇

### MargaretYakoda commented on 2023-08-14

TWO MORE ROOTS TODAY! 😀

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Dddu7TYaXY5HqX8fYylWiN-_Dr-lK_FMnuBL9CeUCxk/e3713d72b248470a8931b9aab2fed8a7.webp?size=large)

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