Repotting

QuestionHow do you know if you re-potted correctly? Im new to this and I think Im killing my orchids so I need help badly. AnswerMaria; Ill assume that you have phalaenopsis orchids. The steps I use is to fir

D.Nicole Pelitier Orchid

QuestionRecd this orchid from Hawaii, was beautiful, kept blooming for about 3 months, bloom would fall off another would grow. Now there is no new growth and they look blah. What can I do? Thank you AnswerEvelyn,

Orchid leaves growing from spike

QuestionI heard that these leaves growing out of the spike are not always a good thing. Can you elaborate? Is there something potentially wrong with the mother plant? AnswerRobert, the phenomenon you are referring

orchid regrowth

QuestionHi, my name is Jennifer and i have a question about my phalaenopsis i hope i spelled that right. i have 3 orchid plants two finished their blooms and one is still going strong after my last bloom on my first

Lady Slipper Orchid(1)

Question orchid Hi, May I know if my Lady Slipper Orchids are healthy? The last bloom was about 8 months ago and since then its growth has been very slow and no bloom is produced. Will attach more pics for y

Fertilizers

QuestionQUESTION: I have phals growing inside the house all year round but put my dendrobiums and cattleyas outside from May through October (Virginia coastal area). I have been using the same fertilizer for y

Alba version of orchids

QuestionHi Wayne King, Id like to ask you about the alba version of orchids. I was told that most of orchids have alba version rather than any other colors. Is that true? Thanks for always enlightening

pot. little fortune 15 care guidelines

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Wayne, Today I purchased a mini cattleya called pot. little fortune 15, but I want to make sure I take good care of it since I killed all my other orchids. I have one other mini cattleya thats

mini cattleya

QuestionI have a mini cattleya that after it bloomed dropped all of its leaves. I have noticed that it is developing leaves again, but also roots coming out of where the leaves are developing. Should I j

What next? Flowers drooping

QuestionHi Wayne, I have two moth orchids. The white one has about 8 flowers of different sizes but all flowers look a bit feeble and droopy now. The outer (older) leaves feel floppy and are a bit wrinkly and the n

cymbidium psuedobulbs changing

QuestionHi, Two of four of my large Cymbidiums plants have their psuedobulbs changing, and Im not sure if this is good or bad, thought Id ask before it could be too late. Ok the plants leaves are perfect green with

Beginners orchid looks sickly

Question Whole plant I purchased this orchid from the store last summer. After it was done blooming, I noticed that it had black spots on some leaves. I cut off the worst of them and re-potted the orchid

orchid leaves and blooming

QuestionHi! Mr King: I had several Orchids, and one of it have brown color at the edge of the new leaf. The other one have split leaves. What is the reason? How should I take care of it. I u

continue symptom of orchid leaves

QuestionHi! I just sent the question about the leave. Today I noticed that the one with brown/red color, have white stuff at the back of the leaf. The bottom of leaf are brown/red color, it spread

moth orchids

Questionwe bought a moth orchid from the farmers market and noticed that the leaves fell off after a couple of weeks, potting medium is moist-i check before watering- can it be saved? it just has the roots and no le

New Leaf-can I repot or prune?

Question My Phal Hi there, In the first week of May I received a very large Phal as a gift. It bloomed until about mid-June, then the last blooms fell. I did some research and cut back the stem just a bit (not compl

Just Add Ice

QuestionRecently when I was in the store I saw this Orchid that claims to 搄ust add ice?to water it. I did purchase the orchid (a medium sized Phal), but I am concerned that this method of watering is not safe.  

cattleya orchid black new growth

QuestionOrchid is a sophrocattleya (I THINK) from its label from the orig. grower It is potted in bark & has about 8 pseudobulbs w/ long dark green leaves apparently healthy. Problem = every time it puts up ne

Sunburn on freshly repotted Phal

QuestionHello Mr King, I caught the orchid virus about a year ago and just repotted a Phalaenopsis, 3 days ago because it had a few damaged roots from too much watering. I usually leave that one in the window (eve

Pregnant Phal

QuestionHello Mr King, I inseminated this Phalaenopsis in March and the inseminated flower is doing very well and growing nicely, as you can see: http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc362/littleribbons/15082011855.