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title: "Can anyone give me some tips on saving orchids? I recently rescued an…"
description: "Can anyone give me some tips on saving orchids? I recently rescued an abandoned orchid from a closing shop and am not sure if it’s healthy or not. It was…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "k_ashby_grows"
published: "2024-05-27T17:53:55.980143Z"
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# Can anyone give me some tips on saving orchids? I recently rescued an…

_Posted by k\_ashby\_grows on 2024-05-27_

Can anyone give me some tips on saving orchids? I recently rescued an abandoned orchid from a closing shop and am not sure if it’s healthy or not. It was potted in sphagnum moss, but the moss seems a weird texture so I thought I would repot it in bark.

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## 3 comments

### Riley commented on 2024-05-27

It looks pretty healthy, but I would trim off the papery roots and any that are mushy

#### k\_ashby\_grows replied on 2024-05-27

i may have chopped off too many roots… the brown/black staining made me paranoid but underneath they were all healthy

### k commented on 2024-05-27

I’d spray it with hydrogen peroxide mixed with water \& then pot it in a clear plastic nursery pot with orchid bark :)

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