MeasomerPi

over 2 years ago

My Brassocattleya ‘Yellow Bird’ popped out a lone flower. A great way to start off the weekend!

I love de orchids

Hello everyone, can help me ? Please This orchid is a gift and I want to a live please

rae

over 2 years ago

so… obviously she’s not in the best of health. i got some advice to cut off the dead roots and try to grow new ones in water to monitor health. what are some of your best tips to keep them healthy? i have chronic leafers that go without blooms for most their life and all the tips i’ve tried before haven’t worked. orchid bark, well draining pot aside, what is the best lighting? distance from windows?

Gabby

over 2 years ago

Hello! This is my first orchid. It was a gift last August from a grocery store so it came with flowers and I cut the spike after all the flowers fell. I repotted it about two months ago into a more appropriate pot and cut away all the bad roots. These top roots have been drying out though and I think the app’s watering suggestion isn’t frequent enough since the humidity in my home is relatively low. Do I need to remove these roots since they’re so dry? Do I need to add moss for moisture retention? It’s just in bark right now. I saw someone comment on another post about soaking the whole pot in water; would that help? It just seems like the bark isn’t allowing the roots to soak up what they need. Any help is appreciated! There’s no sign of a new spike growing and I really want it to flower again!

Okay, NOW is it time? 😮 (and what size pot?)

Barbara

over 2 years ago

I have a few flowers even without good lighting.

Alexis

over 2 years ago

I forgot to water her for about 2 weeks 😱😱 I really want her healthy so any tips? I can’t find online how to take care of Octavia so I would love so help on how to get her thriving!!!!

It has fully opened now.

My first bloom on the new spike is starting to open. I’m so excited.

Delani

over 2 years ago

My orchard is looking really sad and it has lost some leaves how do you get it back to looking healthy?

MeasomerPi

over 2 years ago

I love this time of year but oof! it’s hard not coming back with a new plant every time I run errands. A lovely little no ID.

I saved this little orchid plant from my daughter and I thought for sure she was going to die. She had root rot bad and only one little good root. That was a month ago and look at her now! Her first flower and more coming! Yay!!!

ABucketOfPlants

over 2 years ago

Soo I repotted my orchid in February. It’s been a while and it hasn’t fully recovered because the ends of its roots seem blackened and shriveled. People on Planta assured me this is fine and after accidentally waiting too long to water it which lead to its leaves wrinkling, I watered it. The roots became green but didn’t really plump up but the leaves condition did improve. I watered it yesterday and it’s the same deal. The roots don’t seem to be taking in any water because like an hour later they’re completely silver and still shriveled (not just on the ends) but my orchid isn’t dead…so is this ok? And I was thinking since I have fungus gnats on my orchid I wanted to bottom water but there aren’t enough roots for me to do that. Could I literally just soak the roots in water for a few seconds instead of watering the soil?

Wanted to share a warning with our orchid community. Beware of visiting your local Costco. Out of nowhere, these beauties just JUMPED into my cart and came home with me. Ooooh nooooo. 😉 In all seriousness, they had tons of irresistible mini and standard phalaenopsis- all in really great health- no sign of pests or major damage, all no ID hybrids with really interesting colors and patterns. Tons of multiple spikes, lots of branches, and most with buds still closed, so I should be enjoying these blooms for weeks to come. Did I need a couple more mini phals? Absolutely not. Am I thrilled with them anyway, at 10 bucks each?!? YES.

I’ve inherited my sisters orchid after she (almost) killed it. Somebody told me it was crown rot. Are there any other opinions or ideas to save my poor plant?

Hi guys. I don’t know if you can get the full picture from this photo, but I repotted my Cattleya last night and this root ball was beyond anything I’ve ever experienced. It was like trying to get the most sensitive of roots out of a solid mass of concrete. No amount of soaking and gentle prodding and wiggling made any difference. It had only been in this pot for about a year and a half- I thought I was repotting early, but now I fear I was too late. I know I basically decimated these roots getting the medium off. After TWO HOURS, no joke, I ended up just cutting away a bunch of the damaged roots just to try to get to the ones that may only be slightly bruised. Good news is, there are THREE new pseudobulbs starting to grow- so I know new roots are on the way, I’m just worried that it won’t survive until then. I potted her in a big pot with more sphagnum moss this time, because clearly she’s a vigorous root grower, and I don’t want to set her back every time she fills up her pot. Sadly, she’s still such a young orchid that I’ve never seen her in bloom, so I’m worried I just set her WAY back. Ugh! Any advice?

Hi, I’m new here. I was hoping I can get some help. My tolumnia (Jairak Rainbow Pink Crystal) flower stem is yellowing. She had two lovely flowers and they dried off. Should cut off the stem?

MeasomerPi

over 2 years ago

Testing, testing, 1 2 3… Is this thing on? Hopefully the posting bug has been resolved 🤞 While I’m here, I picked up a delightful no ID phal the other day because I needed another plant. Loving the yellow and magenta markings.

Community not working rn lol