Lilla
Is this plant is revivable? I’ve checked for root rot and cut out all dry roots and thus repotted it recently in order to try and save it
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Becca
Coconut orchid only putting out two blooms this year. But it smells so good 🥥
Madi Michie
Hello! Recently, I have been looking for an orchid to grow from the seed. Originally, I was going to play it safe with a moth orchid… but I came across a monkey orchid. These orchids are real, but I wasn’t sure if it was realistic for them to actually look like monkeys every single time. They are the cutest little things ever and I wanted to gift them to my friends to creep them out, so I wanted to learn a bit more about them before I get the seeds.
Tyler K
Just picked up some new orchids yesterday! Anyone know if the care for Cattleya (undifferentiated; an established plant option on here) would be applicable to C. walkeriana (1st pic) and C. lab. rubra (2nd)? I've previously cared for a C. dowiana. Same for the third one: would Zygo maculatum (an established plant option on here) be a good enough approximation for my new Z. carolara? I've previously cared for a Z. triste. Would appreciate any insights y'all have!
Lilla
Should I cut off the stem off? It doesn’t look to have any nodes
Amy
Help! I unpotted a neglected outdoor Cymbidium and found a bad root disaster! Most of the roots are dark and squishy. The pseudo bulbs are still firm and most have leaves. Some new tiny roots and shoots are growing! The media is dissolving and crumbling. No bad smells though. After rinsing the plant really well and trimming away the squishy stuff, the plant feel part into smaller clumps. What should I do for repotting? Should I use sphagnum moss around the bulbs and bark chips around the roots? Moss only? Bark and perlite only? Should I use chunky bark or smaller material? There’s conflicting info on YouTube. Should I individually pot up each clump or can I put a few together? This guy was in one big (+12”) pot. Any help would be appreciated.
Ezzeldin Yaqoub
My phalaenopsis orchids are in bloom.
MattL
My miniature phal is getting a second spike! I guess it likes me!
MerryShari
I bought an orchid in a decorative pot. I assumed the orchid was planted in that pot and didn’t look any further. After the blooms started falling off sooner than I expected, I looked closer and discovered that within the pot there were two plastic pots. I had been putting water at one side of the decorative pot, so it was only going into one of the plastic pots. Then I gave it a lot more water and after a week or so I noticed it was flooded and it stunk. So this poor plant has been over watered and underwater. I poured out the stinky water and have left it without any water for about a week and a half. When should I give it more water? Is there anything else I should do for it? Thank you so much for your help!
Victoria Maddison
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
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?
Tivoli26
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
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
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.
KC
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
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
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
Still beautifully bloomed. I lost one while repotting 😕
Janakhi
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
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.
