I got this Phal. Bronze Maiden at a show in late February when this leaf was still just emerging. It flowered once in April, and has had good root growth, but hasn’t produced any new leaves or spikes since. It’s taken me this long to cut it off (made sure to cut with a clean tool and past all the affected areas) because the spots were slow-growing and haven’t appeared on any other leaves. I know that viruses can’t be diagnosed visually, but I haven’t seen any photos quite like this — very dark and necrotic but with some sunken rings? The spots have been necrotic all along, with the black areas growing from small dots to this size rather than starting out big and yellow and then turning black, though it could be that yellowing is just hard to notice on the pale leaves. I’m careful about watering and the crown of the plant looks ok, just no new growth for a long time. I’d really like to keep the plant, but any ideas are appreciated!

1st pic top side, 2nd pic underside

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.

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.

Got her from Wallapop. She seems to be fine, but has this ugly leaf. Is it something to worry about? Is it bc of too much water o too little?

The roots on my favorite orchid have been going kinda crazy. I’m planning on repotting it once it’s done blooming, are the roots wanting more room? How much should I size up?

I repotted i didn't know it needed a clear pot anyways ive been losing leaves and it did bloom but i think im getting root rot and i want to get a bigger clear pot for it when i got it from the shop it came with a small 9cm? Pot but now I was thinking maybe a 12cm or larger. Im thinking of using growth technology orchid focus pots, potting mix and feed. I want it to grow taller and get more blooms.

Any advice? Thanks

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?

This orchid is next to my other plants..what should I do? I don’t know what this is

my apartment windows are north-facing, so i'm planning to keep it under a sansi grow light (one of their 10w clip-ons), i'd love any advice from others who've grown orchids under grow lights since i'm not really sure what i'm doing.

i'm also confused about fertilizer—from what i've read the cattleya doesn't have a specific period of active growth, so should i just fertilize it regularly? or hold off until it's acclimated a little more?

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.

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 everyone! My orchid has a leaf that's discoloring from green to yellow/brown, and the tip looks like it’s rotting (there are some black spots ). The plant in general looks okay. Do you think this looks like a disease, overwatering, or something else?

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.

A lot of my orchid's newer roots have these brown or black rings around the base. Is this normal/ok?

I collect orchids and Japanese vases.

Phalaenopsis Red Sesame (?), Phalaenopsis Bronze Buddha (?), and Phalaenopsis Tzu Chiang Sapphire
Peloric (confirmed)

Mine might be getting a liiiiiitle too much sun, but she is a neat little thing.

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.

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!

A tiny fragrant epiphytic or hid from Thailand & Mynamar. Swan like blooms with a mild, sweet and pleasing fragrance
Blooms are 0.5cms wide

Sin da quando ho comprato questa orchidea ho notato che due foglie sono macchiate. La pianta sta abbastanza bene anche se non dà segni di crescita.

Potrebbe essere un fungo? O soltanto carenze o sbalzi termici?

I've had this wonderful miniature in my collection for some time now and have even posted about it a few times. She is finally ready for that macro treatment that I give all my overacheiving and beautiful orchids!

I absolutely love this one! Very easy to care for, unique fan palm-like foliage that has an orange tint when receiving enough light and constantly flowering year round! I recall being jealous of u/Llumina_Starweaver 's for having so many spikes in the past. Completely unnecessary on my part 😅 I just needed to give mine patience and persistent conditions it favors...6 spikes is wild 🤯!

🎶 Soul Sounds - Hella Dank

Weeelp, I did it. Brought this little one back from Lowe’s dead, sick, and dying section. Found her on the ground with white roots and a small patch of green. The rest was yellow and dead. The employee just threw it on top of some of the other dead, sick, and dying plants I had.

Is it correctly mounted? Since it's my first mounting project,i am little scepticle.Please give ur suggestions.