6 Orchid mistakes I wish I never did!
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- Today I will tell you about 6 Orchid mistakes that I sometimes wish never happened! so time to learn :D
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1. Not rinsing and disinfecting orchid roots
All I did was perpetuate snails and whatever was in the old medium :P but one day I realized it was a mistake! • Q&A - How to clean Orc...
This is also interesting • How to save Orchids wi...
2. Sharing water
Since orchids are watered differently generally, I reused the water from one pot to another and spread all sorts of things, including snails!
Get rid of snails • Slugs and snails on or...
3. Make sure to have supplies
3 years ago I changed my location.. literally, I moved countries! and the medium took too long on transport, thus my orchids lived on a tarp for a few weeks :(
4. Not test medium enough
It's always good to test things on a few orchids first! Sometimes we are just pressured by time and money to make a decision, but if we have a choice, it's better to use what we know.
5. Clay pots
Wonderful pots, but horrible at the same time if they are not compatible with you. Here are my final thoughts • Clay pots with Orchids...
6. Insecticide and again.. sharing water
I don't like insecticides, full stop. No point in trying, I accept what I am. If I had any doubt sharing water is bad, after this experience I was convinced • Using pesticide with O...
And • My saddest Orchid day
Simple solution against spider mites • How to get rid of spid...
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Media:
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Fertilizer and supplements:
MSU Orchid fertilizer for osmosis / rain water bit.ly/2LS2bSg
Orchid Focus Bloom (when I need something low in N)
Pots, containers, baskets:
DIY self watering pots and masks from local flower shops
Lechuza self watering pots amzn.to/2wIUWq2
Wooden Vanda baskets bit.ly/2NfIlWI
Slotted pots from rePotme bit.ly/2Ds488b
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LED shop panels from Leroy Merlin, 4000k
Tertial lamps from IKEA + 4000k LED bulbs (various brands)
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Lerberg and Mulig from IKEA
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That Australian you linked to is based in Brisbane. Growing orchids there is like growing cactus in Arizona, it’s gardening on easy mode😆
Danny, my family gave me my very first orchid on my 75th birthday! I never had the "green thumb". So, finally retired, I had the time to google "how not to kill an orchid". So many channels... until I found MissOrchidGirl. YOU'RE THE BEST - now my only trusted resource!!! My orchid is doing great, I am babying Keikis... looking forward to every one of your episodes!
I just want to say I love the little "You have no power here!" reference to The Two Towers. It just makes me happy to know Dani has watched the LotR movies.
Hey Danny! Who cares what people say. You are such a great person. I have been listening to you for 4 years since I killed my first 3 phalanx and now I have around 90 orchids. There are 13 difference orchid genera but most of them are Cattleyas. By the way I live near Tampa Florida. Take care.
Lisa P.
My thoughts exactly! I love her channel
I've been watching your videos for a while now and I've learned SO MUCH. I love the fact that you admit to having made mistakes on your channel because you want others to learn before they have to go thru all of that sadness and mess. You're my hero for doing that! Thank you!
I adore orchids and am still what I would consider a "newbie", so your information is invaluable. I live in a very dry climate, have very hard water, and am still trying to figure out how to grow these beauties (which ones I CAN grow) and how to make them the most happy.
People on the internet.... some of them can be extremely cruel. My son has been bullied and he says it's because they can't get punched in the nose over the internet. *lol* He's right. Please continue to do what you're doing. You're my absolute favorite UA-camr. I love your sense of humor, your wealth of knowledge, and your patience. Please never stop making your videos.
It's sad that alot of older hobbyist with long term knowledge don't make youtube channels buy it's nice to see that we all make mistakes with our plants and your love of orchids is the best part of your channel.
I have terminal cancer so I'm already sick enough without spraying insecticides, so I've been spraying bugs on my plants with cooking oil, and its working, because its an oil the bugs are unable to breath and unable to walk away, and so far it's not affecting the succulents and orchids I've been spraying. Greetings from Sydney Australia.
I've only just got into orchids - it's a bit of an addictive game, already got 3 new flowers this week alone 😊 I'm watching your videos religiously; had to use hydrogen peroxide for the first time today (scary!) but after watching one of your vids - all sorted. Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience with us, you're an absolute star 🌟
Welcome to the hobby!!
Am just starting to appreciate how to care for orchids. Have 2 new ones and one inherited one that I'm nursing along.
Love that you owned and shared these mistakes. It has benefited so many of your viewers. Learning from our mistakes makes us better growers. 😁
What a great video! One of the reasons that I love this channel, is that she is not afraid to say that she made a mistake. I truly appreciate that!
Danny, truly one of your most useful videos, keep up the great work 🙂 !!!
Thank you for all the information you share! My sister-in-law has brought me orchids and I have learned how to care for them and help them re-bloom all because of you. And it’s great for family relations! 😂
Thank you for sharing D. Great insight on your orchid experiences. Lessons learnt!! Mistakes are meant to be for us to learn from them.
I love your channel, you have taught me a lot about orchids. I do have my own style and have experimented on my own to see what works. I would have learned on my own, eventually, but you pointed me in the right direction. Your videos are a valuable tool.
I wish I never made the mistake of listening to people about how often you need to water (once a week or less), that your pots needs to be transparent and with more holes than a Swiss cheese and that sphagnum moss is bad, it would have saved me a lot of trouble, but at least it was a learning experience for me. Also I have to thank this channel for the spidermite solution, is really godsend :)
Mario Roz , would you use said solution on other plants like succulents
@@JohnJames. I never tried, because spidermites seems to only target orchids in my place, (and I have few other plants), but I guess it could work, I see no reason why not, but don't take my word too seriously, because I have no first hand experience in that.
What! Moss is ok after all??? I am confused, just changed all to bark. Help!
i used to put 3 cube iced a week , so far my orchids had agood flowers whole year round
I would really love to see all your orchids collection.. ❤️
Hi, I just bought my first orchid😁 she's beautiful and strong. I then also took the one near by that was in desperate shape. Having been badly sun burned and partially broken. I'm watching videos to learn what to do to help her recover. 🤞thanks for being part of my solution!
OMG! I just shared water yesterday for the first (and now, last) time!! Thanks Dani!
One always learns better from mistakes, then from success. That said, it would be beneficial for you to talk again about fusarium. This is one of the most dreaded things to happen to a collection and your experience will be beneficial to all of us. Thanks for the great video :)
Salut Danny! I know this is an older video, but I hope you read this. You videos are inspiring and informative, I’ve learned so much from you. We all make mistakes and that’s ok, really! Don’t let people ever bring you down.
I saved so many orchids thanks to you and I’m finally learning how to take good care of them. And even though we have very different climates, the information you share is so good that I can easily use it, too. Thanks to you I saved a phal and a vanda from stem rot; a rootless paphiopedilum, dendrobiums and phals. I know how to get rid of bush snails and spider mites. I also saved phals from moldy, full of algae media, that had like actual mushrooms growing inside. My latest pride and joy is my zygo Romy that does absolutely fantastic in a soil/perlite mix.
Keep the fantastic work that you are doing si iti multumesc foarte mult 😉
Love your videos! I just got my first orchid and you’ve been helping a lot! So informative and detailed. And your accent is adorable!
Love your videos. Thank you. I’m totally new to orchids. I live in south Florida and I’m experimenting with orchids attached to palm trees and orchids in hanging pots. So far so good. You’ve given me courage and confidence!
Awesome video!!! I’m so happy that you didn’t let these set backs defeat you.
I've actually had someone on a forum argue with me that bush snails were not like other snails and peroxide would not kill them. Someone had asked how to get rid of them without repotting. I suggested using a peroxide bath, just fill the pot with peroxide and allow it to sit and fizz. My family has used peroxide to fight garden snails for years, a snail is a snail... ohh yahhh and miss orchid girl says it works too. They REALLY didn't like that response lol. At that moment I didn't have any experience with actual bush snails so I didn't pursue the issue. Several months after that I did find them on a catasetum I had ordered that was in bloom and was extremely root bound. There was no repotting or changing the medium without cutting roots... so I gave it a peroxide bath and it worked lol. I wanted so badly to go back to that forum and tell that person that they were full of it lol. I didn't...I still think about it sometimes tho lol
Also...I wish I was your neighbor! I love the terracotta pots and would take them all off your hands lol
Haha well it's as easy as to try it 😋 happy to hear other people being happy and snail free, they were my nemesis for about a year until I found what gets rid of them completely, no one should go through that! 🥺
Good video. Always learning from you. You give good tips and tricks and other secrets to growing orchids both in doors and out.
I am new to Orchids and want to say thank you for the great videos !!
Hi Danny!
I recently found your channel and am obsessed with your videos! You have helped me so much with my collection. I really appreciate that you stay true to yourself, very inspiring. 🌱❤️
'You have no power here, treacherous mites...'
Thank you for the reference- made my night.
But my goodness, I didn't know how bad the red spider mite event really was! I used to wonder what drove you to find such an innovative and useful solution to them, but I wonder no longer.
And thank you for sharing the concoction: I used it a few months ago back when I noticed the web weaving mites on plants all throughout my house. It was warm so I moved all my plants outside (a bit of a hassle with how many I have haha), sprayed them down with the shower setting on my hose, and after letting them dry sprayed the solution on everything. Safe to say that combination of things did a great job at ridding my plants of the pests. Some of my succulents got some fungal issues from all the water (guess I didn't let them dry off enough) but only one out of the 12 of those actually died, the rest were fine after some pruning.
In the video about the solution you mention that you hadn't really tested them out on other houseplants, but in terms of the mineral oil (which I picked up from my local pharmacy in the form of laxative oil) none of my plants leaves suffered in the 2% concentration. I tested it on almost every leaf type too at the risk of my collection, and all went well luckily. The succulent issue was the only negative result- but if I'm totally honest I don't care too much about my succulents, compared to other, more tropical houseplants.
Anyhow, yes, in my experience the solution is safe for most other houseplants. I sprayed pretty heavily too and all turned out fine. Thank you- you really did save my collection in that situation!
As for the exact brand, I used Walgreen's name brand Mineral Oil laxative- which was a bit funny to buy as I certainly wasn't using it for the intended purpose, but it worked like a charm, and was quite affordable for hiw little I have to use when I use it
I usually didn’t follow any advice, I did things my own way, sometimes it worked really well, but many orchids were lost... now I’m much better with orchids than with any other plants... my orchids are really thriving, while I struggle keeping my ferns alive...
What did you do to get them to bloom?
Ive had my orchid for a year... and for 11 of those months I had no flowers... just big pretty green leaves.
@@beebrown4054 I actually don’t know how, I had the same problem for a while, but now they are really good bloomers, though I’m struggling with dendrobiums. To be honest, I usually water them once a week, but I sometimes forget to do it for a one or two weeks and that might be one of the reasons. But I suspect that it depends largely on their genetics, I have a phalenopsis that just refuses to stop blooming, It blooms for around 7 months, just making new flower spikes all of the time and for the rest 5 months it produces a large leaf, and none of the orchids bloom so much
Sound advice , helpful as usual. Thanks
You have a great channel. Screw them.
This has been most informative. I have already made some of these mistakes 😔 but I am definitely know better now. Thanks Dani
forget other people i think youve done a lovely job with your personal orchid collection xx love the videos
Enjoyed your very informative video. Thank you for the information
I have learned a lot from watching your video’s and listening to my mother.
And when I combined both and try some things. I have had a lot of success:)
Dani, you’re ABSOLUTELY correct! And I thank you for the advice bcz I just started my collection about 5 years ago. The same thing happened to me, using the same water! It’s not worth it. Several got a fungus (I think). But with the peroxide and repotting, all survived but one! Well, one of my vandas is still alive, but just doesn’t want to be happy. The roots got all grey and shriveled and segmented. Any advice there? One my favorite Robert Mueller, bright orange flowers. Ugh! I WAS able to replace it last year with a red one. It’s AWESOME! Thanks Dani!!!
Most informative, Thank You
Watching from Bristol Tennessee USA. Sending full support. I love watching your videos. ❤️🇺🇸🙏👍🏠
Thanks for the heads up.
Good advice......thanks for sharing.
Oh goodness, I wish I had watched this before I repotted my orchid earlier today. Hopefully it will be alright!
Same
Thank your so much for sharing 😊 love from Singapore 💚
I'm glad you said something about your mistakes and mishaps. I won't feel like such a failure lol
I know what you mean Dani regarding mistakes. I too live in a warm climate 90's with bigh humidity in the summer but good air movement around my plants via several ceiling fans on my lanai. In the winter it imaybe can go down into the high to mid 40's for maybe a week or two a year total. Anyway I have had a heck of a time growing paphs.
The plants always developed root rot or crown rot even though I made sure I didn't get water in the apex. Well, I decided to change all of the 8 plants I had from a bark mix I purchased from repotme to straight sphagnum moss so I can water from the bottom. They looked fine for a short time, then 2 died (I expect they were too far gone anyway). After about 1 month I noticed they stopped growing & looked bad again. I took one out of it's pot & the medium was very wet in the middle & bottom of the plastic well ventilated pot, while the top was dry. Needless to say the roots were not in good condition & I had lost a lot of them.
Back to the bark mix & after checking the others they are all in the repotme mix again. This time I will still water them from the bottom & am hopeful they can bounce back. Paphs are beautiful & I am hoping I can get things right for them. Fingers crossed. : )
Really great advice thanks a lot
Thank you for shairing. From Philippines
Thank you for sharing
I had a mushroom in my Miltoniopsis. I did not mind. It was really cute, and I love mushrooms.
Hi, I am a new subscriber, I just ran across your channel and I really appreciated the info. I am also a new Orchid addict. I don't know what it is about orchids, but after my very first one, I had to have more, and more turned into, well a whole lot of them. But now I am worried, I do, or I did plunge my plants, all of my plants, and use the same bucket for all. And what you just said has me really scared, everybody looks good and I've had the orchids or started collecting them for a year now and I have new spikes and even have my first Kiki! Which is very exciting.. but I will no longer plunge my orchids. Now I have done all my other plants like this and let them sit in the water for about 5 min. Now I am wondering if this is a good thing to do with them, eek!! Ok, it's not worth taking a chance to lose even one of my plants. Thank you for your knowledge. God Bless
Miss dont feel bad, same way about using insecticides and pesticides especially indoors. Helpful video tks
I don't share water. I learned this from you. Ty
About the clay pots: I live in Brazil and it's very hot here. What I do is to make it waterproof by using a vegetal oil.
How you do it?
@@Marite011 I just cover the entire pot in vegetable oil and put it on the oven for about an hour or so at max heat (dont worry, your pot will not burst) and you will endup with a thin glaze. if you dont wanna put it on the oven just do the same, but the glaze will fade over time.
Tiago López thanks i need to find a way to seal my clay pots with planted orchids, they are getting mold...
Hi Dani! Where do you purchase your decorative pots? I love the orange, pink, yellow and blue pots from this video and would love to get some just like them!
hi dani. i love your videos so much and you have been inspiring me to be my best orchid grower. i was wondering what kind of bark u use. it looks like plain cork but is there a brand? where do u buy it?
I have 4 orchids that I must have tortured trying to learn how to care for orchids, I wish I didn’t do what I did I have an orchid that haven’t had a stem yet that’s for a year now and I have 3 orchids that died 3 years ago, It’s a learning period for me and now I have more knowledge on how to care for orchids
I love all of your colored pots. Is there anywhere that I could purchase them?
Awesome!!!
I watched videos on fertilizing orchids with banana peel water and such. How safe is that for these delicate plants?
I simply LOVE your videos and the vast knowledge you have.
I even started a library on your videos and plan to purchase items from Repot Me 💝
THANK YOU
Thank you so much for your informative videos. I have learnt so much from them! I have a question for you please. Is it ok to water orchids occasionally with water and a little hydrogen peroxide 3% added (say 1:10 ratio) just as a preventive maintenance measure or would it harm the roots. My orchids are in leca. Thank you 😊
I use just and only clay pots since at least 10 years and i love it :D (my plants also)
I had mite problems also for a long time than in a local store i could buy predator mites and i took them on the orchids they ate all of the red mites than died in hunger.
Is Alaska fish fertilizer good for orchids? Thank you for sharing your knowledge about orchids
Hi Dani, I love your video by the way. I recently moved to Germany myself, I made the move from the USA. However, I wasn’t able to bring any.. any of my plants, how were you able to get your orchids here, I would really appreciate the info for when I move back.
Hi, what I'm doing is using my clay pots to set my plastic orchid pots in. I haven't found a good source for ornamental pots, they are very expensive. So, I have a way to keep the algae from growing and contaminating the media....and recycling my clay pots. Of course I still need saucers but so far the clay pots are doing the job. No salt nor algae build up on the clay pots.
I love the look of double potting with plastic pots, with a coloured pot on the outside but it has not proven to work for me. I have had the best results with clay pots I think because the quicker drying time counters my tendency to overwater, but! I am in Australia in a Mediterranean climate.
I have one phal orchid I'm trying to help live. The roots weren't really that good and didn't have many. I bought a clear slot pot and the media from repotme. It's been in there for a couple weeks now not sure if it's happy or not. I monitor the water and light... Hope it makes it through. Your channel is the only one I watch! 👍
Did it work? Did you save it?
I have huge issues with spider mites (Brisbane, Aust.) because of the climate and that my collection live outside under the trees, exposed. Best solution I have found so far is:
1) Move plants well away from their growing area and spray the foliage with a hose first to knock mites off
2) While waiting for plants to dry, thoroughly hose down the growing area
3) When the foliage is dry return plants to their growing space. Spray plants and the potting mix with neem oil or similar. The oil works firstly via contact (blocks their breathing holes so they suffocate) and also suppresses their appetite causing them to starve. You will need to treat the plants again in 7-10 days to get rid of any that may have been missed or hatched from eggs after the first treatment.
Since starting this process, which I do in early spring, and again towards the end of summer, I have almost no mites. I did consider purchasing predatory mite eggs but that can get expensive and maintaining the predator mite population can be difficult (However if you have an indoor growing area and only release a few eggs at a time it could be more manageable).
I hear you speak about the ‘bush snail’ in a few of your videos, are these pest native to certain areas ? I’m fairly new to caring for orchids & I live in NY. Not sure if orchids are prone to this pest in certain parts of the world . Thanks ! PS great video 🥰
I am about to lose my favorite first orchid which has grown incredibly well until I have repotted and used a too too strong pesticide. It was dithane and I think this was the reason why it has almost no roots now. What can I do to save her?
One of my phalaenopsis has been blooming literally since early March. The last bud to open, however, has only the column...no throat! It's an otherwise healthy plant. The flower itself is otherwise perfect in color, shape & size relative to the other blooms. It was not damaged...just opened with no throat or lip. How does this happen?
OMG, I see 2 big mistakes I am making: shared water & clay pots!! I thought the clay pots would keep moisture for the air roots, but they are definitely drying out in 2 days (this is Florida, a/c running all the time). So, where did you get the lovely colorful plastic pots? Mostly in stores we see the clay ones or dull colored ones. I love the bright orange, yellow, pink....
That's how I learned that lesson of sharing water because I spread fusarium severely!!!
Uh, I can relate to that :(
Me too 😓
Hi I just found your UA-cam channel I've had a orchid for almost a year is very beautiful her flowers are a mixture of purple pink orange and it was doing good and I had a friend tell me that I should water it with some rice water it started smelling funny and now the roots are rotting it still looks like it's in good shape the leaves are starting to get wrinkly I'm going to transplant it should I spray the root with a little bit of peroxide and water I don't want her to die
Great list, thank you!
So I have a question for you. I repotted an oncidiums from a nursery to bark with just a small amount of moss It’s in a pretty big self watering pot so trying to pour it through that little hole in the corner can be a bit tricky. I suddenly became concerned that I had no moss so I took out some of the bark only to discover that it was all soaking wet. I’ve been waiting in between watering sand since it’s supposed to be self watering what the heck am I doing wrong? I’m afraid of root rot now and since the plant was so big it was difficult to tell what was healthy and what wasn’t. I decided to wait until I need to repot next year but I didn’t think the bark should be soakin wet
HELP! On my phal something has made holes in leaves also leaves have turned white at base,in full bloom at the moment,no mealy bugs spotted
Another really useful video, thank you.
I just got my sphagnum moss (finally) and I'm about to start repotting, so as a newbie I have a question: should I use the moss with premade Orchid soil mix, or use the moss with just bark (or something entirely different)?
Have a good night. 😊
I just mix the moss with the bark, or layer it, all my orchids luv it!
I follow and learn from you !
I’m new to all this and loving your channel I’m looking at the pot at the back left and seeing what look like bulbs in the pot can I ask what these are ,thank you so much I’m learning at great amount
Orchids with large pseudobulbs are typically some type of Oncidium.
Love orchids😍😍😍😍😍😍
Hey Danny! How did you deal with orchid viruses? How do you avoid contamination, did you destroy or did you keep the sick orchids? How do you avoid buying virused ones? I’m not sure there’s a company that sells “tested virus free” in my country...
I also have a bunch of pine bark but it’s in my yard for use in the greenhouse, can I safely use it for media?
Have lots of knowledge from your videos.
I have concern about my orchids . I noticed the leaves is getting dry , I did repot the orchids and that what I noticed .
I noticed in the morning that there is a clear and sticky like a drop I found in the leaves and stem of the flower.
What will be your advice.
Hi, I was wondering if you would tell me what the plant is at 5:06 in the yellow pot. Please.
Yes I have found clay pot can cause mediums to dry out. What I have done and this is not for an orchid is seal the pot and paint. As I am very new to it is growing I will use plastic pots. Not my desired choice (plastic not good for our environment) but great for a learner
Hi Miss Orchid,
I'm not an orchid expert at all. However, I have a question for you. Have you ever tried a thin coating of olive oil on the top of dull Orchid leaves? I had an orchid that was dehydrated and stressed. I followed your suggestions to repot, hydrate and revive the orchid and it did recover. However the old stressed leaves still had a dull finish, the new leaves were nice and shiny. I thought I would try adding a thin layer of olive oil on the top of the old leaves for them to conserve more water and look better. It seems to have worked well. What do you think of this practice? Bad or good? It is natural and appears to be similar to what healthy new leaves are doing themselves.
Cheers,
Jon
Also the leaves are very healthy and have a couple dark spikes. Bought miracle mix by Isabelle which the composition consist of bark nuggets from the west, coconut fiber, and limestone. Is this hood to use? I took pictures but no way to show you them.
I love your channel and learning from you. Where can I purchase some different types of orchids?
Hi, at orchid nurseries or garden centers, if you're lucky to have some that sell orchids, in your area. Search for 'missorchidgirl where do we buy orchids' and you'll learn more!
at 14:17, what is that set-up? is it PVC pipes? Is it something that can be ordered as a set, or does one have to be handy with the raw materials???
hi, do you own any trichoglottis to share on the channel?? love your videos!!!!
I got my first full grown orchid yesterday! (Gifted b my hubster) I saw several of your videos before and i wanted to say thank you for being so informative.
I'm so educated now and eager to take this journey!
Hi, I'm a new orchid enthusiast and thanks to your videos I have learned a lot. Thank you. I just heard that you are in Germany or from Germany? I'm looking for good quality substrate in Germany. I would love to purchase from repotme but it is so expensive with the new shipment costs from outside the EU. My orchids still are in their substrate I bought them in. I don't think it's very good but will wait until bloom time is over. But until then I want all applies ready. Pine bark is the most common here but mostly in very bad quality. I did find nice pots at Amazon now but I'm still unsure with the substrate. Organic or anorganic (the bigger round perls), sphagnum moss or not, I'm unsure. Can you help me out?
I have phalonopsis orchid plant.the problem is root rote came.i already removed all roots and clean with hydrogen peroxide.but new root coming fast.but new root didnt coming out side. stuck same growth. Can u advice for this issue.
Geez. I'm a newbie with phals. I just repotted 2 today. Found out that there is a piece of foam in the middle of their roots. Been wondering why the roots are turning yellow and dying till I found out the foam stuck in the middle of the roots. So I took those foam soggy foam cubes and repotted. I shared water with them. I will try to remember not to share water next time.
Danny are u still in CY? have a piece for you to save! new to this, learning to take care of my ladies! thank you!!
JUST bought hydrogen perodixe to use on my roots as well.
What do you think of spraying a mild bleach solution on the surface
I have an orchid that grew babies on the old bloom stalk, right in the middle of the stem. I can repot but, since they are in the air, all the roots are currently floating in space. I’m unsure about how to separate them from mom and repot. Please advise me about this process so my babies will thrive.
A newbie orchid owner here that made a huge mistake and I do not know how to fix it. When the flowers fell off, I mistakenly cut the spikes to the soil level. Now, I do not have any new spikes growing anywhere. Only leaves are remaining with two completely dried old tiny spikes. Can this be rectified, or will the plant never flower again?
I made the mistake of putting my orchid in water and the outer cover came off and only have the hard spikes. What can I do with it, can it be saved