Potting a Phalaenopsis

QuestionWhen I bought and repotted a grocery store phalaenopsis, I used a double pot ?one unglazed pot set inside a glazed pot water reservoir. Keeping the water level low seems to keep the medium (a bark mix) evenl

HELP!

QuestionI recently purchased an orchid and I must admit I know nothing about them. The orchid has been in my office, and unfortunately I have no window in my office. I had not watered my orchid in some time and it f

How to plant Orchids in Glass Container...

QuestionQUESTION: I saw a Phal. planted/displayed in a clear, glass container: the green (air) roots were all exposed and arranged around the outside of a ball of medium where, I assume, the main, feeding roots were

Leaves growing from stems

QuestionMy orchid wad in an 8 pot so it wasnt very small when I bought it (Everything is Bigger In Texas). Ive had it for 5 years now, transplanted only once. It has 5 stems and they have stems. Now, my questi

white orchid

Questioni have just received a white orchid and it has lots of roots coming out at the top of the earth, should i repot it and cover the roots or just leave them hanging out.It is a double orchid.Please help!!

Lesser fowers

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Wayne King, Now my dendrobium are about to flower. But, the flower spikes are carrying lesser buds compared to the last year when I bought them. Why does it occur? Any problem with my dendro. &

black spots on blossom of just bought Miltonia pansy orchid

QuestionQUESTION: Hello. I was thrilled to buy my first orchid yesterday, from an orchid nursery, at an Orchid Show in NJ; a white pansy Miltonia. Last night it was perfect, this AM it has tiny black dots on the whi

Brassidium

QuestionI am looking for watering guide lines for brassidium gilded urchin which I believe is a cross. The flowers on the spike were opening in sequence and then a couple near the top died but the top one is still i

Phalaenopsis orchids new leave is very small

QuestionPhalaenopsis QUESTION: Hi Wayne King, My Phalaenopsis orchids new leave is very small compared to old leaves. It has been almost 2 months that this new leave come out. But, after 1.5 inch lon

White spots on my Orchid Leaves

Question Spots on leaves I have noticed that my Orchid has this tacky white stuff on the leaves. I noticed it after the blooms died and I pruned them back. I have tried to wipe the leaves and have gotten

Need Help with Orchid

QuestionMy orchid only bloomed for about 2 months after purchasing it. One by one all the blooms wilted and fell off. Now the stem is turning yellowish brown and looks like it too will die off. The

Phal

QuestionHi. I recieved a deep purple Phal as a home warming present a few months ago. at the time it had about 6 flowers. ever since i kept loosing a flower every 10 days till about a few days ago. and then the whol

Oncidium

QuestionGood day, I bought my oncidium with 3 spikes and last year and this year, only one spike emerged. The pot is very crowded and it grows outside -in Johannesburg SA - along with dendrobium, and cymbidium

phalenopsis leaves

Questionif the leaves have fallen off a phalenopsis, will it survive? The leaves appeared healthy but, at the base, they apparently had turned black and soft. AnswerAmy, Im not optimistic about survival chane

Drying orchid flowers

QuestionI just got married and had a bouquet of orchids. I took off all of the flowers (I had to travel internationally to get back home from the wedding) and am trying to figure out how to dry the flowers. &n

orchid spikes

QuestionThere is one long spike coming out of my plant. The flowers have died and fell off, do I need to cut it back?I dont want to do the wrong thing and have my orchid die. AnswerTracy, basically, there is no wro

2 problem leaves on a thriving plant

QuestionI was given a Phal orchid as a gift in January. The blooms have since died. I cut them off as instructed and used a bit of cinnamon to seal the cut. Since then at least three new, very heal

Orchid breeding issue

QuestionI have made several crosses and each time (so far) the flower has closed around the pollen and within a couple of days the stem behind the flower turns yellow and falls off. The rest of the spike is green. T

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QuestionDo you have a good book you would recommend on breeding and care of orchids? Your answers have been really helpful and I want to thank you. Dan Turner AnswerDan, the late Rebecca Tyson Northen has a book en

P. salu Peoker ~ Dead?

QuestionHi, there ~ I received a Dtps. Leopard Prince orchid two years ago as a gift. I kept it in indirect sunlight, watered once per week and it bloomed beautifully all along both stems. Unfortunately, I to