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Heebs

Hello! I need help in regards to my orchids, I have two phalaenopsis orchids, a mini one and a big one, I’ve had orchid troubles in the past and this time I’m fully determined to at least get one of them to bloom again. It’s my first time with a mini orchid and it finished flowering but I’ve had trouble with watering both, I switched to orchid bark and I’ve noticed some of the roots shriveling up quicker than I am used to, I last watered my mini orchid 3 days ago and checked today and noticed a few shriveled up roots I added some spagnum moss with my bark in hopes to keep my roots hydrated without overwatering I also placed it over a pebble bowl with water for humidity 😭 I don’t know what else to do is there anything I am missing?

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  1. Madison

    Adding sphagnum moss is smart, but I just wanted to note that it’s also okay if you need to water orchids more frequently as long as you’re only watering once the roots look silver in color. It sounds like you’re doing all good things! You didn’t mention what kind of light it receives, but lots of bright indirect light will be super important. I have one moth orchid living in a south facing window and another one living under grow lights where it gets about 1,000 foot candles of light for 12 hours. An east facing window or a couple feet back from a west facing window would also work well. Fertilizer will also be important if you don’t have one yet- I’ve personally had really good success with the Tezula Plants MSU fertilizer (on Amazon), but dyna-gro orchid pro is also very good!

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    • Heebs

      Hi! Thank you so much for your response! I had both in front of a north east facing window and I started noticing a purplish shading coming in a lot on my bigger orchid so I moved them a bit back and put then on a shelf that is in between my east and south windows, I’ll include photos of both orchids down below. For fertilizer I use the miracle grow orchid food, I’ve heard iffy things abt it but I also just recently bought a houseplant fertilizer called ferti lome that’s 10-10-10 for all my plants! I’ll look into the fertilizers you’ve recommended!

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  2. Elliott

    Your big orchid is in a plastic pot and your mini is in terracotta. Terracotta wicks away moisture very quickly, but plastic keeps moisture trapped. If you want your mini to stay moist for longer, I recommend finding her a plastic pot.

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    • Heebs

      I appreciate the advice so much, I was scared to death over potential root rot so I thought terracotta would be good, I just switched it back to the plastic that it originally came in since the roots are still small and recovering (hopefully) it was a perfect fit. Should I use any fertilizer or root growth to aid in their recovery? Or is that too much?

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    • Elliott

      I use schulz orchid fertilizer. You mix it into their water before you water them. 3 watering sessions with, one without, repeat. I have 13 orchids so watering to their specific needs isn’t really an option for me, so I water all of them once a week. They seem to like it, all of my orchids are in good health. Feel free to take a look on my profile, I’m pretty sure it’s public. I have them all potted in leca, some have bark or perlite mixed in, some are in just straight leca. They usually dry out within 4-6 days. I don’t think it would hurt yours to use the fertilizer, it might stimulate more root growth!

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