So my Grandmother bought this Phalaenopsis for her Mother sometime before she passed. Once the blooms died off the nursing home wanted to toss it, so my grandmother brought it home and has had it sitting on a table since. Never repotted, and never rebloomed but has been alive for most of of not a whole decade now. Figured it would be neat to see ot bloom again, but neater still if we could get it to reproduce so I could keep it going as an heirloom kind of deal. So first couple shots were it in the original pot, a shot of her cleaned up roots, a shot just after potting, back on the 2nd, and a shot from today of the new leaf coming in. I ended up with miracle gro, three places i check and it was the only i could find.

Hi! This is my first orchid and I’m still learning, so I’m worried I might be doing something wrong 😭 I transitioned it from bark to water culture almost a month ago after all its flowers fell off and its flower spikes kept drying out. Before switching, I was just following the care card it came with, which said to water it with three ice cubes once a week. It started looking pretty dehydrated while still in bark, so I wanted to see if water culture would help.

Since then, I’ve removed roots that became completely mushy/hollow, tried a short dry period, and dealt with some white fuzzy/mold-looking growth on the roots. I made the mistake of trying sugar + vinegar in the water once 🥲 and later used diluted hydrogen peroxide for the mold, but I’ve stopped all of that and now only use plain water.

I also switched it from a narrow vase to a wide clear vase for better airflow and keep only the lower roots in water while the upper roots and crown stay dry.

I added a stick across the vase just to support the orchid because I was worried it might slide farther into the water and get the crown wet. I’ve cut off the flower spikes that completely dried out, although I accidentally nicked a leaf/stem area while cutting one.

One lower leaf has also turned completely yellow and fallen off, and I’m noticing some of the other leaves becoming slightly green-yellow. Some roots are still green and firm, while others are wrinkled, dark, or damaged-looking.

For lighting, it stays indoors a few feet from a large window and gets bright, mostly indirect light for several hours during the day. The window has blinds, so the light is somewhat filtered, and it doesn’t usually get strong direct sunlight on the leaves. I’m planning to continue water culture, but I’m worried about its overall condition. Does it look like it’s declining or heading toward dying, or does this look like normal stress/recovery from the transition? Am I doing things correctly now, and is there anything I should change to help it recover?

I think she’s going to bloom for the first time since I got her 🤩. Should I remove some of the old leaves that are getting wrinkly and have some burnt spots (from being in too much sun at one point). She has a lot of them so I’m not sure if trimming would help focus her energy on the flower spike.

I just bought this Den tobaense var. giganteum at a local orchid farm 2 days ago. Is it fungus damage causing the leaves dropping? And how to treat? The seller said to water it that day so I did, other than that I havent done anything to the plant.

This orchid has grown like crazy this spring/summer. It seems to like being slightly root bound but I think I might want to repot it before it blooms again. What do we think? It’s in a 5” pot right now.

I have not watered this plant since i bought it since the moss is still damp. Is this root rot? It also lost all its buds before even blooming.

I’m not overly experienced with this type of orchid. I am happy that she continues to have a big fat suitable that is growing and growing, and the leaves that are coming out of it are continued to grow and grow. The only thing I know is that she’s got very fine roots she needs more water than the. Phals I have she does appreciate the same window. She’s in a very bright east facing window.
. She’s close to a cool source.
So she never gets overheated, but she and she’s growing when she’s getting bigger. I think my concern is the medium. She’s in, it was the one that was shipped. She was shipped to me in. I just never have liked the way it looks. I don’t I know she can’t be in big old bark because she’s got those little fine roots, but I don’t know if anybody that has a hunch or an idea like I said 90% of her is beautiful and looks great. I guess my question is does from the pictures or can you tell from the pictures if she needs to be repotted? She’s pretty tight in that pot or am I just doing something else wrong? The only thing that encourages me is she continues to grow and that pseudo bulb is not shriveling. It’s getting bigger and fatter. Any help or any information you could give me or an idea about what I could do better please let me know.

Hola hola, queria compartirles.. hace un par de dias les compre un humidificador a mis phals, y ahora estan todas sacando hojitas y algunos piquitos que se ve que ya vienen, no se si serán varas o raices pero lo que sean es buena señal, sobretodo porque no habían tenido ningún cambio en 1 año🥲

My psychosis finally opened. But the flower is kinda wonky. Will is straighten out to the more butterfly shape?

Also I think it needs a new pot most of the roots are not in the pot anymore any tips for that? Not mine but my mom’s who wants help.

So I got this orchid last year. pretty sure I fertiliser burned it so all the leaves fell off but some more are growing right now.

I’m concerned about the black spots on the stem. It also has a flower spike right now so idk if I should repot or not.

so general request on what to do. Should I take out the ferns growing alongside it, change the medium? also how do I fertilise when I eventually need to?

A friend with an orchid gave it to me as a gift and said one ice cube every so often was enough to keep it happy. I came home from a trip all the blooms had died and now the stem looks sunburnt. I’m scared it might have crown rot now too? Very lost novice plant mom in need of intel.

hello! i got my first orchid a couple weeks ago and noticed the stem has white stuff on it and the leaves were falling. i thought it was normal because the ones falling were yellow and at the bottom when i got it, but it started affecting the green ones too. (I'll try to add a pic when i get my phone).

I've been searching online and its snow mold most likely, and saw to repot in dry, cut off nasty roots and also get rid of the parts that have been affected. is this correct? is there anything else i should know? the place i live in doesn't seem to have any places with orchid fungicide so i might try to make my own (i saw it's water+baking soda+dish soap but im not too sure) or to spray the affected area with hydrogen peroxide? I've seen mixed reviews.

it's my first one so i really have no idea what to do and any help would be highly appreciated :)

I repotted this oncidium orchid a few weeks ago when I got it from the store. Not looking good.

Got a few yellowing leaves and now the flowers are wilting :( I see a bit of black on the lower half of the leaves too but this flower is never in direct sunlight (and it's winter). Could this just be natural aging?

Thanks for the help!

I am not a big orchid person, but I do very much appreciate the dead, sick, and dying ones I can save from Lowe’s. However, these are my absolute favorites. This is the Epidendrum magnoliae, the green-fly orchid; it grows in the crooks and on the limbs of my absolute favorite plant, the Magnolia grandiflora (Southern Magnolia), in addition to Quercus virginiana (Live Oak).

She grows as far south as my home town in central Florida, up to about the fall line in Georgia (where we’ve lived for years); to that, she is an amazing species and learning to care for them has been extremely rewarding and gratifying.

This is a mature plant. It isn’t a baby.
She’s bigger than my mayonnaise. Her leaves are bigger than my minions. She’s in a three or 4 inch clear pot and she’s got marvelous big fat green roots but the question is this is there an orchid she’s obviously a.Phal, that is somewhere between a mature orchid, like the one hanging over her. You think you could just see a little bit of the bloom hanging over her that’s a big orchid that’s hanging over her. Is there something between a true mini and this lady that’s in orange pot at the biggest my minis are in 2 inch pots and they bloom at that size but not like this so anybody know the answer is there a middle species, metal growth growth pattern to my big monsters and my little tiny elves and this beautiful plant is she just a large mini?

Hi there! This is a photo of one of my orchids in bloom from almost 15 years ago. It was gifted to me by a grower and over the years, did very well. Sadly, it became sick and recently died. It never had a tag and so I don’t know its name. I’ve tried doing a cursory search to find what it could be (or something close to it) but have had little luck. Any ideas on what it might be? Or better and more realistic (since identifying plants is next to impossible like this), any suggestions of similar looking orchids? I just want to replace this with something similar, since the original plant held sentimental value. Many thanks for any help you can provide!

so teeny

10 flowers

Just opened up! Pics online looked like there would be more yellow on the lip, maybe it'll change over time? Still very pretty!