Is my orchid suffering from stem rot?
shenayzaman
6 years ago
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agosuzabanana (6b Boston/N. Shore)
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Help i cut the flower stem off of my orchids!!!
Comments (5)Hello :) There are many different kinds of orchids and each kind is grown a bit differently so the answer would vary. What kind of an orchid do you have? If you're not sure what it is you can google "phalaenopsis" which is one of the most popular orchids and easily available locally. The American Orchid Society also has culture sheets with pictures of other kinds of orchids which might help you identify it AOS Culture Sheets Please post again and say what kind it is so someone can help you. You can also include a picture of your orchid in your post which would be helpful. How to include images in a post...See MoreStem rot on my DR. Please can anyone help me? Pics
Comments (6)Hi Mike, I'm no expert, but I did rescue a few adeniums this fall from wal-mart that had top rot. I think it can be caused by something as simple as having moisture sit on the trunk when they are in a cool room, I don't really know - however, I cut it out of mine as you did, and they made full recoveries, so i don't think you need to worry. However, I think you should take them out of the cool room - from what I understand it is not essential for Adenium (obesum at least, if that is what you have) to go dormant, and in places like florida or thialand they generally dont, though they may take a month or two off from flowering and full leaf. If you have a warm sunny location they can sit in, put them there, and go ahead and water when the soil is dry - especially if they are just seedlings. If you do want it to go dormant, I think yours is big enough that it could handle no water while in a cool room - mine that are always thirsty still look like bean-sprouts... either way you want to go, cool and dry, or hot and moist :) If you do hot and moist leaves will reappear very soon, adeniums just seem to worry when they get moved, or spend time without light, and drop all their leaves just in case dormancy is necessary ;) anyway, my long-winded 2cents, hopefully an expert comes along to give better advice :) Best of luck - keep us posted! -Willow...See MoreStem rot on my DR. Please can you help me? Pics
Comments (3)Hey Josh! Thanks a lot..I really appreciate it..For the life of me I can't remember what the weather was like back then..It sure looks like what you said.. I am glad I can finally say it is not because I am over watering....Am I wrong to think that the rot starts from the bottom up with overwatering? Jojo....I am so happy to hear that yours is doing ok..That is exactly what happened to mine.. It would of been nice not to loose the tops and have to cut them off so I could of had straight up one stemed plants, but I will take anything as long as they make it and they are healthy.. Happy growing! Mike...See MoreAfraid to repot! Why do my repotted orchids always suffer after???
Comments (13)Arthrum: good point, the temps in my house are only kept above 65 degrees, but it still seems that some temperature hardy plants still show dislike of my repotting... Dbarron: oh my! Sounds like a tragedy! I get upset enough when I break of a new shoot! Vtandrea: thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely try it on one of my oncidiums! Jane: I live in the Oakland hills in the SF Bay Area. I grow almost all my indoor orchids in the same spot, positioned around a fireplace to control the amount of light. The facing of the house isn't the best. 80% of the light is late morning to afternoon sun . 90% of the windows are west facing :( like the house... The problem might be I repotted at the wrong time. I didn't a lot of reporting in the winter/ late fall (whoops...)...See Morelaticauda
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