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title: "Hello, I need advice for helping my pink watercolor orchid Candy? She…"
description: "Hello, I need advice for helping my pink watercolor orchid Candy? She isn’t thriving like my other ones are. 🥲"
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community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "DE"
published: "2025-04-25T13:26:10.138271Z"
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# Hello, I need advice for helping my pink watercolor orchid Candy? She…

_Posted by DE on 2025-04-25_

Hello,  
I need advice for helping my pink watercolor orchid Candy?  
She isn’t thriving like my other ones are. 🥲

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## 5 comments

### Jonah commented on 2025-04-26

Leaves look limp - what do the roots look like, and what is the watering situation?

#### DE replied on 2025-04-26

The roots are green, ? 😑  
All of my other orchids that are by the bright indirect filtered window are doing great!  
Ok so just remove the blooms then?

### Jonah commented on 2025-04-26

Flowers look pretty spent, so I would advise cutting the spikes off so all of the energy can go to the root system and leaves.

### DE commented on 2025-04-26

I water it according to my Planta app 👍

#### Jen replied on 2025-04-27

I wouldn’t do that. Planta has no way of knowing this particular plant’s needs- whether there are too few roots, whether you have high humidity etc. Water when the media is dry and the roots go from green to silvery grey. They absolutely need to dry out between waterings or they will rot.

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