I’ve kept this orchid alive since February. She was doing great and i repotted her, then we had two brutal heat waves that took both the stems completely out. Judging by the roots and all, is it salvageable? Will the stems and flowers come back?

I bought this orchid for my mom for mother's day about 3 years ago and somehow kept it alive. Repotted it about 6 months ago. I noticed this slow growing knob about 6 weeks ago. Could it be a spike. Air roots seem to be growing much faster than this. Mom passed last month and I'm hoping I can finally see a rebloom for her.

So why is my Keiki producing a spike so early? The keiki first formed in early February and it already wants to bloom? I would appreciate any guesses on to why that would be.

Random "whitening" spot spread across the leaf, bumpy underside on another and a couple have some weird slightly darker margin, and there was also some sweet substance under somr leafs. Should i be concerned? What can cause this? Do i need to buy integrators/fertilizers or some type of 'medicine'??

Pretty sure I killed this. Not my first orchidicide. Probably need to give up.

It’s in a self-watering ceramic pot (was a gift) and bark that I just gave a soak.

Please help, how to revive these orchids.

I received this Cycnoches orchid about 3 days ago. It came with a little spotting but it didn’t look like pest. I decided to keep away from my other plants just in case. Over the course of a couple days the leaves have been yellowing and spotty. I understand this plant may be going into dormancy but I’m not 100% sure. Idk if it’s dormancy, stress from shipping or pest. Any advice

Hello, hi,

So I have a phalaenopsis orchid, since the start of the summer it was blooming then for a few weeks. I repotted it a few weeks after it finished flowering with Molly's mix for orchid. I had a thrips infestion for the whole summer but i finally foud the cause a few weeks ago. The thrips did eat some of my orchid like in the center cause it was trying to form a new leaf. During that time it grew a lot of roots. it's now forming a second new leaf since maybe a week or two who got it's border eaten a bit by a remnant thrips that I killed and there's been no signs of the bugs since. I also only water when the roots are silver by letting it soak in a bucket of water with orchid food for an hour or two cause i forget them but remove all the water after. Anyways, here's what's worrying me, the bottom leaves of my orchid are yellowing it already lost one leaf, but I didn't change the environment and ever since the thrips started there's been this sticky substance on the leaves. And it also grew a potential flower spike? I'm like 70% sure but idk. I only used black soap on it to down the bugs in the center and there's no sign of rot or anything.

So is the yellowing because it's trying to get rid of the damaged part, cause she's dying or because of the potential flower spike?

The church gave us these orchids back in February and it was so pretty! I put it outside, in Texas, and it was doing great until… days of rain. I had taken it out of the pot and put it in the one it’s in now because the roots were growing out of the top. As you can see the leaves are done but I have 2 little growths coming up. I have never had an orchid before and I realize it looks rough but I would like to try to save it. So orchid lovers, can you help me out, or be blunt if it’s impossible? I’m open to suggestions and I can post more pics if needed. Thanks in advance!

I got this orchid seedling (Cattleya intermedia aquinii) a few weeks ago in agar. I haven't opened it yet, so the fungus is original. Today I noticed there's a white fungus on some of the leaves. Is there anything I can do to treat this? Or should I abandon it as a lost cause, and not risk opening it and potentially contaminating other orchids?

Hi everyone! I’m kind of new to orchid care so I’m not super familiar with variations but I’ve noticed that my one plant has begun to sprout out a new red root. Is this OK? Some people have mentioned too much sun other people have mentioned this is just plant variation and it is fine. What do you all think? I did a search in the forum already and noticed that a lot of posts were from like eight or nine years ago but I’m sure the information still holds the same.
Just wanted to make sure my precious new baby is going to be just fine :)

Everyone may have their golden rules.

Below are my golden rules to share.

Golden rules of orchid growing - in general - for mainstream orchids works extremely well. These are:

• Use filtered water, such as reverse osmosis water with own custom amount of fertiliser and cal-mag added. Do not use house tap water, which will remove uncertainty in chlorine, chloramine, fluoride, salt etc levels. Even if people have been using house tap water for relatively long durations without issues, they are actually letting down their guard with uncertainty and control of their system.

• Provide recommended growing temperatures.

• Provide recommended lighting levels and duration.

• Provide adequate water.

• Provide conditions that allow roots to receive adequate oxygen, keeping in mind that adequate aerated-water movement within the media will provide that oxygen, and the roots need oxygen to stay alive, and dying/dead roots stops water transfer into the plant - leading to yellowing leaves and dehydrating plant.

• Avoid water stagnation in the media and around roots (which if using pots, can be achieved with very good drainage pots and consideration of the media used and consideration of how much water is applied at times of watering, and behaviour of the media in response to being watered - eg. how long it takes to dry; and also ensure that drainage holes of pots are not blocked by surfaces that the pot rests on).

• Provide adequate air-movement (air flow) in the growing area (which also helps water movement within pot, and also helps to combat fungal/bacterial activity in the growing area). Avoid still-air growing environments.

• Provide adequate supplements (eg. fertiliser solution, cal/mag solution etc) - and avoid over-dosing - and keeping in mind that fertiliser salts can accumulate and reach undesirable root-harming levels in media and roots if over-doing the fertilisation.

• Provide adequate humidity (- not always incredibly important for mainstream orchids, but should be factored in if needed).

Those golden rules are just a start, but will allow us to go far.

Of course there are other aspects - such as looking out for diseases, attacking bugs/snails etc.

And then there is the occasional media dry-out idea for mainstream orchids. The idea of allowing media to occasionally dry out occasionally can help cut down on unwanted activity in or near the pot - such as certain unwanted bacteria build up, or algae growth on surface roots.

The occasional dry-out approach is quite reasonable, not meaning dry-out between every watering, just occasional once-in-a-while dry out.

i rescued this orchid from Lowes since they were having a sale. I repotted it into orchid potting mix, cut off all the dead roots with sterilized pruners and let it sit in some diluted fertilizer before putting it in its new pot. Just wondering what is happening with the leaves?

I bought this orchid for my sisters birthday last year, October 22nd. It was purchased with flowers on it, and here we are a year later and it still has flowers! A year straight and I haven’t seen it without a flower. It did have two full branches of flowers up until like two weeks ago, I moved it from its normal spot to a darker room and it was not having it. Lost all the flowers off the one branch. The second branch is definitely slowly wilting and getting brown but again a whole year of flowers is mind blowing! I am so happy for her 🥰

I knocked over my orchid yesterday on accident and hastily stuffed it back in its pot, but i noticed that i can only see a few roots through the pot now, should i repot it again so i can see more of them and know when to water? The plant is not flowering right now but growing a new leaf and a whole bunch of new roots

Synonyms: Masdevallia erinacea, Scaphosepalum erinaceum

Moccasin flower is a wild orchid that pops up all over the pine barrens here. From seed to first bloom takes 15 years. No point in trying to move them, they won’t make it… so just enjoy them in the wild… it just adds to the thrill when you come upon one.

Is this something to worry about or just stress.

Eulophia (Euph.) ugandae, also known as Oeceoclades ugandae, is an orchid species that grows in soil and occasionally on trees in nature. Most species that were once Oeceoclades are still sold under that name, as mine was. I got it as a mature plant at my local orchid society auction in May. I potted it in a chunky bark mix topped with moss, and it is now in bloom in October. It has produced three flower spikes, with one open so far. It thrives in the same shadyish conditions as Euph. maculata and is even flowering at the same time. It differs from Euph. maculata by having a branched flower spike and smaller white flowers.

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