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title: "Is this a new stem or a new root on my orchid? 💚"
description: "Is this a new stem or a new root on my orchid? 💚"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/JmTUi1iSQr6-tX35luAMXQ/6558e718342b1ba6ab69ac82"
community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "Penny L"
published: "2023-11-18T16:32:24.721Z"
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# Is this a new stem or a new root on my orchid? 💚

_Posted by Penny L on 2023-11-18_

Is this a new stem or a new root on my orchid? 💚

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## 11 comments

### MeasomerPi commented on 2023-11-18

Looks like flowers are on their way!!!!

#### Penny L replied on 2023-11-18

OMG really???? This is my first orchid, and I thought it was a myth that they could bloom again so quickly. This is amazing!!! 💚

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2023-11-18

Congrats!!!

Be prepared for a wait. It might be a month or so before you see anything.

#### Penny L replied on 2023-11-18

I’m totally fine with waiting—I thought it wouldn’t be till next summer. And I just noticed a stem on my other orchid, too!

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2023-11-18

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!

#### ReeRee replied on 2023-11-28

Yep! Just keep it fertilized. ( I didn't want to buy expensive fertilizer so I just put USED coffee grounds and a bit of banana fiber. From the inside of the peel.) bc it needs a high acidity level and also potassium.

### Sybellina commented on 2023-11-19

Ahhh!!! So exciting!!!! You must be caring so well for your orchids :) \<3

#### Penny L replied on 2023-11-19

I actually just have them in large glass pots with sphagnum moss and a drainage layer, and I have a grow light on them at level 5 for about 10 hrs a day. And I clean their leaves about every two weeks. They’re much easier than I expected.

#### Sybellina replied on 2023-11-19

It depends on your environment but that’s the gist of it :) really great job :) I would cut down the old flower spike to save energy though

#### ReeRee replied on 2023-11-28

Yes! It needs to focus on the new and not the old flower spike! I prune mine immediately after it turns brown.

### Sybellina commented on 2023-11-19

And you best be sharing those blooms with us fam ;)

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