Please help with my Orchids? (Beginner)
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HELP please!!!! My orchid spike broke
Comments (7)I accidentally broke off the tip of my flower spike that was growing. I was so sad. I left it alone and in about 3 weeks it sprouted out of the broken stem! It is growing a little sideways but I am not touching it. Im so excited as this is my first time growing a flower stem....See MoreMy Orchids are Dying ....Please Help!
Comments (6)looks like they have severe root rot. Orchids like lots of air circulation around their roots. When you watered, did you drain out the water after letting them sit for a few minutes? Or did you just pour in the 1/3 cup of water and leave it? When I water my orchid, I fill up the decorative pot with water and let it soak for about 5 minutes and then take out the plastic pot and dump out the excess water and then I let the plant drip over the sink for a minute or two. Repot it in a mix composed mostly of large chunks of bark. Just stay away from miracle gro products. Is there a plastic pot inside of your decorative pots like you see in the photo? I hope that I was helpful! Good luck! Jason...See MoreBlack patches on my Orchids, please help?
Comments (4)It is scar tissue probably caused by a fungus. Once there those marks will not go away. Cold and damp conditions without enough air movement encourage the fungi or bacteria (I am not sure which) to strike. You could try cleaning your plants with eco oil as a preventative and make sure there is enough air movement around the pots....See MoreHelp my orchid!! please :)
Comments (9)About how many roots are there? Are they all light green? I think it just needs a couple of days to recover from sitting in water for that long. The flowers beginning to fade doesn't necessarily mean the entire plant is going to die-the plant may just be redirecting more energy to its roots to recover, or perhaps the blooms have just simply reached the end of the lifespan. Once all of the blooms fade, I would cut off the spike at the base with a pair of sterilized scissors (you can rub the blades with rubbing alcohol) to let the plant focus its energy on growing leaves and roots. Doing this will not harm the plant in any way. Be careful with using sphagnum moss-water only when the moss is dry and the roots are silvery. If the roots are green, that means the orchid has plenty of water and you should not water. When watering, try not to get water in the crown (top of the orchid where new leaves emerge) or in the area where the leaves connect to the central part of the plant. Good luck! EDIT-saw Harvey's comment below I agree-moss is tricky to use with orchids. A growing media based on bark (or other large airy chunks) is much safer and easier to work with....See MoreJames _J
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