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Looking for advice on repotting my orchid. I received my orchid as a gift last year, however hadn’t quite known how to care for it until I got this app! Because of this - it’s never been repotted and the roots look desperate for more space. Does anyone have any recommendations for best pots for orchids? Also best way to repot without shocking or damaging the orchid? I only have my windowsills to store my plants at the moment so I can’t size up too much. Thank you!
These photos don’t show it as much as in person, but I received these two small orchids for my birthday last week and their leaves are a different color. I attached a photo of my yellow orchid that is doing great and it has dark green leaves that are very healthy. The two little one have leaves that are a very light lime color. They are a bit flimsy also. Any thoughts on how to help them?
I moved my orchid to water after hearing others’ success stories with this. I cut off what I believe are the dead roots and am changing the water daily while the rest of the soil comes off. But I’m not sure if there are other roots that need to go. Some are pale yellow and/or have black spots. Any advice what should stay and what should go?
The flowers on my mini moth haven’t opened and I’m starting to think that they won’t now. Any ideas why this might happen and is there anything I can do? She’s been in this limbo for a couple of months now which is worrying as my regular moth orchid has opened up just fine x
Long story short I snapped off the flower spike to this orchid a couple months ago flowers and all (you can see the break at the apex). It said, “I don’t care if you’re a dummy, have two spikes instead.” When you mess up it doesn’t always end up being a tragedy.
I wanted to know if my orchid is doing fine, since last week the flowers have been falling off and drying up. I also don’t know if the leaves look fine.
Hey so i repotted my orchid before realizing it could hurt it and send it into shock and drop a ton of flowers, well it did tjat but its okay and it kept 3 flowers still thriving on one of the shoots or whatever its called, the other one which dropped all flowers now is turning brown and purple at the base and idk if there is any correlation but there are nats flies all around that idk where they came from since this is an indoor plant. any suggestions on anything i could do to improve health?
Can I let my orchid soak in water overnight? Like just fill the pot with water, cover the drainage holes and keep it in the bathroom till morning? It’s so INCREDIBLY dehydrated for some reason, literally dying because of it.
I have got to stay out of the stores. There are too many plants needing a good home.
Hello all! I’m somewhat new to orchids. This had one spike when my husband got it for me. So please correct me if I’m wrong but is this THREE new spikes?? Cause my excitement is through the roof and I need to manage my expectations if I’m wrong 😂
How often do you fertilize am Orchid?
I need help ASAP I have this orchid and it’s barely been hanging on by a thread throughout the years like it’s gotten root rot multiple times and all that stuff. But now I’ve finally repotted it with high-quality orchid soil after disinfecting the plant and covering the chopped off roots with cinnamon in a pot with drainage holes. I have no idea what’s wrong with it now. WATERING: I’ve been watering it only when the top inch is dry and I water with 1:3 water and hydrogen peroxide. It seems to be really dehydrated and I even fully submerged the little roots left in water for 15 minutes and put it back into its pot. The top inch becomes dry before Planta even suggest it and I’m afraid it’ll get root rot again. BUGS: The only bugs affecting it is fungus gnats. LIGHT: it’s 5-7 feet away from a south-facing window and we really haven’t been getting much light here recently. I have a feeling it’s because of the proximity to the south facing window. I’m so confused?? It’s also blooming right now despite its conditions (the leaves keep turning yellow and I keep having to chop ‘em off) I watered this orchid yesterday/before yesterday. I think this is it, it’s going to die and I’ve become soooo attached to it T-T
Has anyone here ever tried to propagate an orchid? Thinking about using them for centerpieces/wedding favors next year, and if I could create my own little babies that would be awesome!
Hi all!! I rescued an orchid from Lowe’s a couple of months ago that what appears to be sunburn. After I got it I accidentally broke one of the two stems🥲 and used shears to clip off the dead ends (this is what YouTube videos had told me to do). However I’m realizing it’s not like humans and once it’s sunburned you gotta clip it off completely. She’s got new growth (yayyy🥰) both on her stems and 2 new leaves due to a new orchid fertilizer I bought. My question is, do I clip the bad leaves completely off so my orchid can put more energy into HEALTHY growth and flowering? I included pics of her little baby leaves and new stem.
Got my first orchid the other day, I love her!
Hello All, I’m sharing updates to 3 of my posts because I am so excited at their progress: 1. JJ has been repotted and is doing well. Can’t wait to give to my future SIL! 2. I left the plug in the Moth Orchid an it is still in full bloom. 3. My mom’s Venus lady slipper has bloomed (I didn’t match the pot quite right). It’s darker than I thought. Apparently this is not the same as my mother childhood LS but she loved it and I’ll keep looking. Last but not least - thank you all for the feedback - my knowledge and Plants have benefited greatly!!
Oncidium ‘Heaven Scent’ The flowers on the first spike are all open now. The other spike will probably open in a couple more weeks. This year will be a long show 😁
How long should it take for an orchid that’s wrinkled from dehydration to recover after watering? In the pot there are two soil types, in the center is a sphagnum mix that was in the original pot from the store. When I repotted last year I used a bark based orchid mix. The sphagnum mix is thoroughly damp and has been so for about a week, but I’ve seen no sign of recovery.
New to orchids! What are some tips to help promote new flower growth?
whats that on my vanilla bean orchid
