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title: "I'm so pleased with my little orchid! I was really worried about her…"
description: "I'm so pleased with my little orchid! I was really worried about her a couple of months back as the flower buds just turned brown and fell off, then the leaves…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/Cnkz3qeR2nm4x4qxhQschB"
community: "Show your plants"
author: "Tandra"
published: "2025-07-23T20:46:46.211951Z"
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# I'm so pleased with my little orchid! I was really worried about her…

_Posted by Tandra on 2025-07-23_

I'm so pleased with my little orchid! I was really worried about her a couple of months back as the flower buds just turned brown and fell off, then the leaves started turning black as you can see in the 2 first photos. Then after repotting in a new pot with fresh orchid bark, moving to a spot that was less sunny and using not just an orchid fertilizer but also an orchid feed and mist spray, she's come back looking lovely and healthy and even grown a new flower stem with buds, one of which is opening! I really didn't think the leaves would revert back to green again (Last 2 pics, with and without the flash on). This is my first orchid bought for me from a friend a couple of years ago so I'm really pleased she's still OK. I'm so chuffed, I had to show her off 😍

![Attachment 1 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/MKX3p9hNFasG7Fb7mcVZI3eNgRH_eNLJRPufxLGX5Us/tg-R7G_BQd-t_7tKnYU4rw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/MKX3p9hNFasG7Fb7mcVZI3eNgRH_eNLJRPufxLGX5Us/8nb0dli6RT-BB1lRLsSd1g.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 3 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/MKX3p9hNFasG7Fb7mcVZI3eNgRH_eNLJRPufxLGX5Us/r_Z2m5_tSEybLp8qCwRbYQ.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 4 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/MKX3p9hNFasG7Fb7mcVZI3eNgRH_eNLJRPufxLGX5Us/eOfWVwFcRGqjftjAB16u0g.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### The Nevins commented on 2025-07-24

Your good! We had an orchid, then killed it.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/jmBrQrVjmT8SaSJF6ZjvQ4ZWXtNfvsOLlfyq51dzwXA/NKHNUi4qTfC-TxSAPWhWbA.webp?size=large)

#### Tandra replied on 2025-07-24

Oh no! They're some chunky ol' roots there. The leaves look so healthy in that photo, what a shame. I think I got lucky really, I was looking everything up on what to do as I'm certainly no expert.

### The Nevins commented on 2025-07-24

We were newer plant owners back then, we've killed a lot of plants.

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