Please help with my Orchids? (Beginner)
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Please help! Are these molds on my orchid root?
Comments (12)Hi Bob and everyone else, Thank you for your tips and regards! I contacted the buyer who was responsible and offered to ship another orchid and asked me to dispose it to prevent spreading of the mealie bugs....and spray all of my other plants with neem oil, which I am able to buy today.... As a preventive, I sprayed everything with soapy solution since the orchid was next to all my other plants for almost a week before I saw the white fuzzy thing and mealy bugs crawling......feel bad of disposing any plants.....orchids seem so fragile......and of course my lack of experience at dealing with any of these.... But thank you to everyone for the wealth of knowledge and support!!!!...See MorePlease help my Orchid! Photo included.
Comments (3)Your orchid is fine, the only thing that is dead is the old flowering spike. Cut it off at the base. You have to provide conditions that will encourage the plant to commence growing a new spike. Perhaps the plant is not getting enough light and temperature variation. Some light reading in the link. If you can give further details about where the plant is growing/watering/how far from window/fertilizer and so on, more info. will come from other forum members. Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Forum FAQ....See MoreOrchid Beginner
Comments (4)We will need a better description of your plant before we can help you. For instance, does it have very wide and long leaves that grow from the center of the pot? Is the "main stem with three stems branching off of it" the bloom spike? Then it could be a phalaenopsis. If it has leaves that come from several bulbs, then it's a different kind of orchid and will need different care....See MoreBeginner: what's going on in my orchid pot??? HELP!
Comments (7)You live in Hawaii and you're growing your orchid indoors?! You can't ask for a better environment than that in Hawaii. All of my plants go outside as soon as it's warm enough for them to do so. I couldn't fathom keeping them indoors in such an ideal habitat. Growing indoors (even in Hawaii) is not the same thing as growing outdoors. As for fungicides, I've been growing orchids for the better part of two decades and I have never used any fungicides on them. By keeping your orchid indoors, you're only hindering its ability to keep itself healthy. Sure, they can be grown indoors, provided that their most basic needs are met, but if you grow them outdoors, then they practically take care of themselves. As I stated earlier, I move mine outdoors, and while they're out there, they either get rained on or blasted with the water hose, as well as the occasional watering with diluted fertilizers. Other than that, they pretty much get ignored by me. Back when I first started growing orchids, I was always killing them with kindness. Then I learned to just let them be and let them take care of themselves (for the most part)....See MoreJames _J
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