Should I be concerned?

Questionphal leaf QUESTION: My Martha Stewart Phalaenopsis Orchid Plant arrived from 1800flowers.com on February 10th with these few white raised bumps on one of the leaves. What could it be? ANSWER:

What bug is this?

Question tiny This tiny bug, the size of a grain of sand or smaller was found on my mini phalaenopsis flower petal. Where could it have come from and should I be alarmed? AnswerThe dark spot is likely a scal

Please access the condition of my mini phal!

Question mini phal I bought this 6 mini phalaenopsis from Trader Joes on January 7, 2010. At that time, it had six flower in bloom and nine buds. Now, all are in bloom except one. I used to put the

How and where to cut baby keiki

Question keiki Hello- I rescued four orchids, potted in pairs in glass bowls with moss and rocks from getting tossed out on 5th ave NYC and brought them to my house upstate as they looked like they might survi

Using neem oil on phalaenopsis orchids

QuestionQUESTION: I heard that neem oil serves as an organic and safe pesticide for all plants. Is this true and have you experienced using this natural method? If so, how would you use it? ANSWER: Sann

How to go about repotting my phal

Question Orchid Progress Just to give you some general information about my plant, the original spike has two branches (not sure what the technical term is), growing at two consecutive nodes. The lower one has been

Phalinopsis buds dying

QuestionI bought a phalinopsis last week and some of the buds have turned brown and others are already turning. It seems neither too wet nor too dry. The two smallest leaves also seem a bit wilted. There

King Cymbidium pale white with pink /magenta in the middle

QuestionDear Wayne, I was given this king orchid as a gift and had it in south window getting morning., afternoon light. The buds had just started to open. And then i realized that some are falling off. The s

Keiki growth on Moth Orchid

QuestionHello, I have a Moth Orchid with three Keikis the one at the top of the spike is about 2 inches with 3 leaves but does not have any root growth. I noticed that the tip of the spike is turning brown and dying

pha orchids

QuestionI do have a question as I have three wonderfully flowering plants and wonder could they be replanted together in one pot or do they need to be on their own? AnswerConnie, they can be repotted in the same co

Offshoots on my phalaenopsis

QuestionBought a phalaenopsis last year. After all the blooms died off, I cut back the stalks. Once a week or so, I would water/fertilize. Two new stalks sprouted and about a month ago I started no

salaya sancy

QuestionSomeone gave me an orchid last summer. The blooms fell off and the canes began to cover with a dry brown sheeth over them. In August I began caring for the plant consistently, watering only once every 8-10 d

is my Stanhopea Florida doomed?

QuestionI got a Stanhopea Florida bulb in potted spaghnum moss not long ago, and the single leaf promptly browned and fell off. The bulb does not show any signs of sending out any leaves any time, yet the bulb is gr

Wilsonara

QuestionI have a Wilsonara orchid that has one very huge dark green shoot. But, it also has three pseudobulbs that are very withered & light green. Is this normal for this type of orchid? Also, it

Root rot

Question Orchid Hi, I have a Phalaenopsis orchid which lost its flowers but sprouted a whole new bud which has grown well and has its own buds coming off of it. The problem is the tip of the orchid which has no new

Root rot?

QuestionHello! I bought a cute little mini phal about 2 weeks ago and was pleased to see that it had about 14 flowers and another 10 or so buds when I bought it. About 2 that were half opened when I bought the plan

help for white spots and root rot

Question Hi Wanye a few weeks ago i received a phalaenopsis plant in the mail as a gift. It is blooming and has unopened buds on an off shoot of the flowering spike. The plant was in a very small pla

getting to rebloom

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Dendrobium Woo Lengs short its growing great, new growth two feet tall, ive had it over two years and yet no new spikes. I feed it every week with a 20-20-20 fert. any help would be great

bloom spike fails to bloom

QuestionI have a Baptistonia echinata that I purchaced in 2008 with a bloom spike that bloomed..I keep it under lights,humidity controlled,70 degrees,cooler at night..It sent up another bloom spike 12/09 but has fai

Can I get my orchid to re root itself?

QuestionMy dendrobrium Phal has been going through hell lately this is the same one with the buds that wouldnt bloom. For some reason the plant even though I was watering it every 3 days plus have a humidifier in th