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While transplanting

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Post transplanting

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Your orchid is a Phalaenopsis and it looks to be doing wonderfully. In the last pic I can see 2 flower spikes starting (one to left above the first leaf node and one to the right just above the mix along the main 'stem').

I think most people would have put styrofoam peanuts in the bottom instead of gravel as the styro allows for more air flow. You should water when the plant dries out, the best way to tell is by lifting the pot and checking the weight (you'll get the 'feel' for it pretty quick) but some people put a wooden skewer in the pot at all times and when pulled out and it is dry, then water. I generally water my potted phals about every 7 days.

If it were my phal, I would let things be and be careful with the watering, more phals die from too much water than from too little.

Good luck and good job,

Bob

All that Bob told you I second!

Except if you feel like the plant is struggling to adapt in the bark, maybe you need to go back to the moss. That's what I use for mine and it is alot easier for me. You just change the moss every year.Concerns about Moss?= 1)Some people are heavy handed on the watering and love to fiddle with their plants all the time. 2) The moss ph changes after a year. It looses all the good yummy stuff that make it work so well in the beginning so you have to change it.

You have done well with it for a year, those roots look really good. ginnibug

Thanks so much! Glad to know what I am working with and that I am on the right track.

I am a little concerned however about the new leaf you see growing in pic 2. Although my spikes are continuing to grow great, this leaf seems to have stalled.

Is this a sign of a problem?

Again, thanks for all the help. this site is awesome!!

That's not unusual after repotting, especially if repotting into a new media (spagh to bark).

I'd put it where it has always been and water when dry. As far as bark and spagh, I use both and it usually depends on what the plant was in when I received it as to which one I use for a repot. I've went from spagh to bark and vice-versa, it's just a matter of treating it right for the media, IMO watering is the most important difference.

Good luck,

Bob

I am also seeing some super tiny bugs all over the median. It was store bought and straight from the store. only a couple weeks old but the plant has them all over. Not so much in the plant as much as the soil. Cant find any nest or mold so I'm thinking they might be the good bugs I've been reading about. Do you see this much in Miracle Grow Orchid median? Should I just be making my own median? If so, should I wait a while to transplant seeing how I just did the same a couple weeks ago?

So many questions...sorry guys I really appreciate the help.