Victoria Maddison

over 1 year ago

Hi guys, I’m new to orchids (although I watched like 5 hours of orchid videos last week trying to save my mom’s big one) and I just brought home this baby one on Friday (about 4 days ago). I waited a couple days for her to get used to her new spot and then watered because her roots were all silver/dry. Now, just 2 days after watering, I see these shriveled and wrinkly silver roots up top. Not sure what to do since it looks like the rest of her roots are still green and moist (although a couple look bad). I want to repot her into bark and maybe sphagnum moss, but I wanted to wait until her blooms have dropped. What do y’all think? Should I mist the top roots, or would that be bad and potentially cause rot?

Amy

over 1 year ago

Friends, which pot is better for a paphiopedilum orchid? The clear one or the green one? If these are not good, what should I buy?

I bought 3 mini orchids and put them in a water culture like I’ve done with an orchid I’ve had for 6 years now. One of the mini’s has mold/fungus? On its roots. It’s fuzzy like mold would be. How can I save the little guy? The water has evaporated so it should be drying out.

Michelle’s Hobby

over 1 year ago

Help! I purchased this orchid from the Lowe’s hardware store in the clearance section where they put the half dead. She had good flower stem that had cracked. When I got her home I trimmed back the stems to see if I could get a rebloom. But as you can see it didn’t work. Today I found the yellow leave and cut the flower stems off totally. She is still damp. Roots look ok. Can I save this leaf or just remove it? Any advice would be appreciated!!

Samantha

over 1 year ago

This is my first orchid. I have no idea how to care for it. Any tips are appreciated. Also if someone knows what type of orchid it is, please let me know.

Please help! My husband gifted me this orchid 2 months ago and I’ve already killed it. Will it come back to life if I keep watering it? Do I need to repot it? Any orchid tips are appreciated!!

Amy

over 1 year ago

Orchid friends. I adopted a paph yesterday and it needs help. The plant was wobbling around in the pot, roots are minimal and some squishy, and a baby plant broke off from the parent. I washed it off, spayed with hydrogen peroxide, minimal trimming of the squishy stuff and repotted it in very small pieces of new orchid bark mix. I put a small amount of sphagnum moss around the baby plant. Was this the correct thing to do? The parent plant does have two tiny growths coming out the side. That’s a good sign I hope. What do I do now? Does it need a plastic tent? Rooting hormone? More light? Less light?

Shmadriane

over 1 year ago

This is my first time trying to keep an orchid alive after the petals drop. I pruned the dead roots and replaced the soil but it seemed like there were few healthy roots leftover. I used Plant Dr. to help cure underwatering and now the big leaves haven’t perked up but the center leaf emerged and is growing. Does this mean it’s doing okay?

Ms. Flowers

over 1 year ago

Still beautifully bloomed. I lost one while repotting 😕

Janakhi

over 1 year ago

Hiii this is my first post, cause my Phalaenopsis Orchid's roots are kinda struggling and I haven't been able to figure out why with the Planta doctors, so hoping someone else might have the answer. I water every 10 days and fertilize once a month, but some of the roots are a bit oddly colored, and in the root pic you can see a white spot thats not mold, but hasn't gotten better. The flowered pic was almost 5 months ago btw. Let me know if anyone has any ideas, thanks! :)

Jade

over 1 year ago

Got my first Cattleya. I tried looking it up on the Internet, but kept getting mixed answers. Do they like bare root or do they like bark? I understand bare root is more work, but I’d rather do more work to keep my orchid at its happiest.

Stephanie

over 1 year ago

I post already this on "Anything about plants" but no help so far then I saw the "Orchid Oasis". I was at a estate sale today and got these little orchids for $1.25 and to be honest orchids scare me but at this price I decided to take a chance. I know nothing about orchids so I really need your help. They are in good chunky orchid soil and look good to me but I may be wrong. They gave me some orchids food too but I would truly appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks

Solorchid

over 1 year ago

Hi everyone! I’m caring for my first non-Phalaenopsis orchid and I’m a little puzzled about the white growths shown here. When I contacted support, they indicated these were typical roots, but they don’t look like any orchid roots I’m used to. Can someone confirm? Also, not sure if the dried out brown husk looking stuff around the leaf stems is something that is normal or if it indicates a problem? Should I be removing it? Finally, I know this guy is a little bit under watered at the moment, but I am working on that so that the leaves hopefully will bounce back from looking so wrinkly on short order. Thanks in advance for any tips!

Red

over 1 year ago

Ah! A yellow leaf! This is the third one (2 newer and one larger one) in 3 months after repotting.. I had done some research and repotted after I noticed some mold in the moss of the orginal pot, suspecting root rot and the moss wouldn't dry due to poor drainage. I did my best to cut off the bad looking roots which was alot, it was fully planted in moss so I switched it to bark. About a month ago I noticed it was starting to grow a new stem. I cut off the leaves once they had no more green to try and have the plant redirect its energy to the healthy parts of the plant. Noticed this yellow/browning leaf yesterday but I also noticed it seems to have new roots growing.. do I do anything different? This is my 2nd plant/first orchid 😅 thanks in advance.

Becca

over 1 year ago

I think she’s a Paph Sukhakulii. Sadly she flowered for one day then it fell off 😢 Hoping for another sprout next year.

One of my phals has had this stunted spike for months now. The overall health of the plant is great: it’s flowering and growing a new leaf, but this little guy just stopped. Any advice? Note: this was when I was fertilizing, she doesn’t sit in water more than a couple minutes lol

Hey everyone! I’m at a total loss with my poor Orchid. She was healthy when I purchased her at Home Depot. She was originally just in some plastic cups with some sort of foliage. I then went ahead and planted her in loose dirt made for Orchids and she was still thriving. I had white flowers that bloomed but then fell off and so I cut right between the new and old node on the stem and now the stem seems to be dying and I have leaves that are dying as well.. I’m thinking she isn’t getting enough sun light. I water when the dirt seems totally dry and I feed her once a week on Fridays. Today I did notice the dirt was so loose I could just pull them right out so I went ahead and took half the dirt out and stuck them further down into the pot and covered the roots and I made sure to keep those outer roots out for air, which could have also been part of the problem maybe? Here are before and after pics!

Jade

over 1 year ago

I’ve never had a Vanda orchid before, but I know with regular orchids if you’re repotting and see dead legs, you can cut them. Is it the same for Vandas? This is right after watering. Can I cut off all these long extra legs? Also, what’s the best advice for repotting this? Since the legs are growing out of that little plastic pot …

Hi there hoping I can get some help with an Orchid I have it went a long time with out water now I’m trying to bring it back to life, I did a 15 min soak yesterday but top now still seems dry some water left below. Any suggestions on what to do?

Nichole

over 1 year ago

I am admitting I need help with this little guy! I have about 9 orchids that are doing wonderful, but this guy has been knocked down by my cat it seems like at least once a week, which means I was constantly picking up orchid bark and replacing the orchid back in it’s pot. It is my only orchid I have ever had get major root rot (I believe because of all the potting and re potting) so I cut all the dead roots off. It’s been 4 weeks and it looks like what is growing is still dead! The leaves are hanging in there though. I have him in orchid bark, nothing more. I am watering according to the apps schedule, and he is in the proper sunlight as well as proper humidity. (Along with all my other happy orchids) Any advice would help! Trying to keep this guy alive!