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I don’t understand why orchids have the reputation for being high maintenance. Over the past month I have not been able to pay as much attention to the collection. The Easter cactus, anthurium and bougainvillea are throwing fits, while the orchids are acting like they don’t need me. I’m even getting a flush of new flowers. 😸 Recently I’ve been thinking about reducing the number of plants in my collection, and now I have a good idea which I’d weed out first. 😈
Hi everyone, when I was watering my orchid I saw something strange. I circled it in red and it’s really soft. I’m not sure if it’s normal. I wanted to know if anybody could help me.
I needed some variety with my orchids. I already have 6 phalaenopsis and two dendrobiums. Here I have added an oip. crimson pride (not on the app and requested an add), key lime stars, and popcorn orchid. Yay!
Hi! I am new to this group and to orchids. My grandmother gave me an orchid and its leaves are falling off and has never had stems. I’m not sure what she needs but she gets plenty of light and water.
I was transferring my or“kids” to a hanging plant instead of a potted plant. And I noticed my tiny orchid had a new leaf growing. 😆🥹😆 I had to repot her (due to aphids) while she was blooming and I lost all the blooms. She has been my problem child. And I wanted to share this with y’all because y’all understand how big of a deal this is. And on a side note. I wanted to share a pic of the reason why I am making my plants able to hang in the window. His name is Leo he is a sassy, sphynx rescue. He keeps knocking off my orchids and made one of my orchids leaves droop (on the larger orchid) and one of my other plants is now in my plant icu because he broke the pot that is was in and it cut the plant. But he is also my baby boy and adored by almost all who meet him. Any ways! Sorry for the long post! Here’s a cookie! 🍪
I bought this mini orchid and it’s in moss. The roots look kind of bad, should I repot it in orchid bark?
Hey everyone!! Question… should I have trimmed my orchid? It has lots of off shoots with flowers now from the same stem but I haven’t seen many orchids like this. Did I miss a trimming before the summer came and the buds started to grow? Also any recommendations for where I should cut it after all the flowers die? I had another stem previously that withered and died before the winter. It hasn’t grown back though. I’m worried if I cut this one, that will be the end of this orchid. What do you recommend? Thanks!!
Hello! I have this pretty purple orchid plant … have it for maybe almost a year and just had to repot it because it was small and root was growing out and even at top of it Bought Black gold orchid potting mix , MG perlite ( was trying to find black gold but unfortunately there were none only MG perlite ) and black gold organic all purpose potting soil. And I hope it grows very well the roots were pretty healthy! Maybe one or two have white roots but mostly bright green
Hi! I’ve had this orchid for 2 weeks and it was doing great, with a new flower opening every couple of days. Now one of the new flowers has started to wilt and today the second flower from the bottom is starting to close in on itself which is how the wilting started originally for the first flower. I thought I was maybe underwatering it so I watered it some more yesterday. Is this because of underwatering? And Is the plant still salvageable? Or will all the flowers start to wilt? Thank you!!
Hey, I just mounted this orchid and I'm wondering whether anyone has any tips? I am trying this as an experiment.
First time taking care of orchids. I had received them in February fully bloomed. They dropped their flowers a few weeks ago. Are the stems just ready to go? Also help!? Why are their air roots turning black ? Any tips?
I’m reposting this to this group in hope to find some help. This root feels line it’s rotting on my moth orchid. It is a new root that quickly grew starting about 2 months ago. It was not firm so I tried watering it because it needed water anyways. Please help and I’ll try to reply to anyone needing more info quickly. Thanks so much!
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Thanking everyone out here who gave me nice tips and tricks to keep my orchid alive and well!!! Today, i can proudly say i have a successful second bloom! As a new plant parent, i'm so happy😃
Enanthleya Jackie Bright ‘Hilo Stars’ A fun hybrid that’s a reliable bloomer. Flowers start out as a greenish-yellow, fading to mustard. And it is a vigorous root producer.
My poor mini orchid got a ton of mealy bugs while I was away and it’s flowers all died, any tips to encourage them to grow back? I got rid of the mealy bug problem but I’m sad the flowers died off.
I’ve had this orchid for two years now and it’s making more of something. Roots or stems, can you help me? How should I help them?
Strolling through the garden center… Some fun eye candy for the Oasis.
How would I go about attaching my orchids to a piece of wood? Also could I put multiple on the same piece of wood, if so, how many? Could they be different kinds of orchids?
I have a serious question. Are there carnivorous orchids? If not, hear me out, I was at my local orchid shop, and I saw an orchid that looked like a pitcher plant. I didn’t see any of the workers around so I just kept to myself. But I really wondered, is it carnivorous? When I looked into the flower (pitcher) there was a fluid but no insects. Is it an omnivorous, carnivorous, or deceptive?