phalaenopsis keiki propagation

QuestionI have 1 keiki growing on a healthy phalan. plant. It has only 1 root about 4 inches long and 2 leaves. Can this be cut off the mother plant and planted. I have another keiki growing on another phalan

Split leaves on Phalaenopsis

QuestionHi Jim: I received this plant as a gift in April, with grand blooms (magenta), but it appeared ill even then. I treated it for flies, which were in evidence. The leaves are not as deep a green as my ot

Broken Phalaenopsis flower stem

QuestionI received my first orchid last spring. After it had finished blooming, I cut the stem down. A couple months later it began growing another flower stem. It is still healthy and had a 10 ste

Phalaenopsis - Ethylene Gas

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jim We were given an orchid in October and considering that wed never had one before it was surviving well. I would water it every other week and it would bud. But then we came back after

Dying leaves

Question Orchid Hi Jim, I rescued my Phalaenopsis from rotting roots about two months ago. It had been planted only in moss. At that time all the flowers fell off and the leaves were getting soft. It is now growing

New groth on stem

Question Orchid Hi again!! Sorry I forgot one thing in my last question. Aside from the two new flowering stems at the top, there is another growth. This one is different. It began to grow before the others and it i

Red leaves on my phaleanopsis

QuestionMy plant is flowering well at the moment (Southern summer. It is on a coffee table beside a sunny window. I am worried about the leaves as they are completely edged with red. It is 2 years

are there different varieties of sphagmum moss?

Question moss? Hi there! One of my orchids (nelly isler) desparately need transplanting as the media it was in (sphagmum moss) was rotting. I could find the blond new zealand sphagmum moss but found this canad

Broken flowering phalaenopsis stem

QuestionI have snapped the flowering stems from my phalaenopsis. The main stem (coming from the plant) is still attached and has several nodes left, so that will hopefully rebloom in time. My question is: What can

Re-potting orchid

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, I was wondering when is a good time to repot my orchid which has out grown its orginal small pot. Also, when is NOT a good time to re-pot. My orchid is putting out a new shoot that will bloo

Phalis and how to repot or something

QuestionI have been growing Phalis now for almost two years, I have one of my first ones that now has four Teikis, and the whole flower is to big on the top half, the pot is fine, the top is way out of control. The

Repotting a baby orchid.

QuestionHello Wayne! About a year ago I bought a Dtps. Taisuco Candystripe x Phal amabilis and 2 weeks later the buds dropped off. Then halfway up the stalk a new plant appeared. It now has buds on it. I have done

cattleya orchids

Questionwhy are there yellow blochy spots on top of some leaves with white powder under? It is on some stalks as well. AnswerHello Patricia, First, let me apologize for taking so long to respond to your qu

What type of orchid is it?

QuestionGood day, I received an orchid from my mother. She was tired of defending it against her cat and so I inherited it. It has about 5 wide blade leaves with 3 tall canes. Only one cane had a w

BLOOMS DYING

QuestionWhat could cause the blooms to die as they open up. I have 5 stems of blooms, and as they begin to open up, they turn yellow or pink and drop off. This happened to my large orchid last year also. Thanks in a

Phal - Leave discoloration, spot

QuestionWayne, I have several phals; one of them has a leave which I noticed is discolored, it also has a black spot on it. The other leaves on the plant look great. I have moved the plant into my garage for the wi

Orchid bud issues

QuestionI inherited over 50 plants all ranging from orchid from the orient and over 30-50 years old, which was her hobby. She keep them outside in San Diego, but I live in Brentwood, CA, northern. I have

Is my Orchid having a baby?

QuestionHi, knowing nothing about Orchids we put ours in the bathroom where it seems happy. It is just now coming to the end of a 5 month flower cycle, but for the past 2 months it appears to have been growing roots

Got Burnt

QuestionI have an Moth orchid and it has been doing very well in my dorm room window but one day it was very hot out and there is a burn on one of the leaves. I have left it and the leaf is green all around the burn

need help!!

Questioni live in WV and its janaury right now. in july i got an orchid that had already bloomed. well the buds fell off & by September it had already bloomed again. But It hasnt bloomed since! i wonder