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title: "What is happening to my orchid? I just cleaned out her bark. I've…"
description: "What is happening to my orchid? I just cleaned out her bark. I've been doing 20 minute soak 2x a week. She has some wrinkly leaves and roots but also healthy…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Amateur plant mama"
published: "2026-08-25T16:22:05.991007Z"
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# What is happening to my orchid? I just cleaned out her bark. I've…

_Posted by Amateur plant mama on 2026-08-25_

What is happening to my orchid? I just cleaned out her bark. I've been doing 20 minute soak 2x a week. She has some wrinkly leaves and roots but also healthy green leaves and roots. No she has spots of her leaves.

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## 3 comments

### G commented on 2026-08-25

It could be fungal… are the roots green, brown or mushy? It could be too much water as well.

### Amateur plant mama commented on 2026-08-25

It was plump green roots, and some grey wrinkly roots. It has some mushy brown roots but I trimmed them all away

### Bklyn commented on 2026-08-25

Soak once a week?

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