yellow leaves and yellowin stem,new growth

QuestionQUESTION: I believe my orchid is a dendrobium. The flower fell off 8mnths ago. I cut back stem. New growth at stem. Now leafs are yellowing and stem is browning. New growth is growing and sprouting new

Fertilizing during in house overwintering

QuestionI have several cattleya, vanda, and dendrobium orchids that spend late spring, summer, and early fall outside under partial shade here in Virginia. As soon as night temps drop below 50 degrees I bring

Falling orchid flowers - normal or not?

QuestionAbout 3 weeks ago, I received a moth orchid in a glass vase filled with a rocky / grassy-like media. Since then Ive researched how to care for it by avoiding over-watering, temperature specifications, indire

Stems and Flower

QuestionQUESTION: I have had my orchid for close to a year now, it almost died about a month after I got it, I was completely clueless to care for it. Now I have researched so much about them that I nursed the poor

Phalaenopsis - Reflowering on same stem

QuestionHi My wife and I received a couple of phalaenopsis orchids as gifts when we moved into our new home in February. The flowers on one of them lasted until about July. We watered it and eventually put it on t

yellowing

QuestionI have a phalaenopsis orchid that grew a second stem. The second stem also grew a branch and both the new stem and its branch recently bloomed, while the original stem remained flowerless. I lowe

Cattelaya Blooms

QuestionI have a Theresa Winkelmann cattelaya orchid that is 5 years old. This summer it produced 4 blooms pods but only 2 developed into flowers. I did notice that the developed flowers were on one si

phalaenopsis wrinkled leaves dark around edges

Question Sick Phalaenopsis What is wrong with my orchids? One of my phals has wrinkled leaves that are dark around the edges, some others with wrinkled leaves and some with split leaves at the ends and some with thi

Is this a fungus and what to do about it

QuestionIs this a fungus, dise QUESTION: I think this is a cattalya when a new leaf starts to come out it turns brown with black spots ther is also brown with balck spots on the sheething or what ever you cal

What is wrong with this orchid?

Question Black spots on leaves Black spots on the leaves, good new growth, no flowers, it had one when it was given to me several months ago. What is this and what do I do about it? AnswerHi Terri, The bla

Orchid exposed to the cold

QuestionI have a little Phrag. Hanne Popow orchid at my desk at work. A week ago a window broke over the weekend and exposed the orchid to tempuratures below 30 degrees, (I live in Minnesota). Now the leaves are all

Insecticide, Fungicide

QuestionQUESTION: Jim, I have been using a fungicide on my orchids for a while and thought I would ask for your opinion just to make sure it is safe for orchids. I have been using Hi-Yield Consan 20 Fungicide. On

When should I see the spikes?

QuestionJim, I live in Orlando, Florida and would like to know when I should start seeing the phals, oncidiums, and vandas spikes. The temperatures have dipped below 55-60 degrees in the evening so I have moved m

Phals exposed to cold temperature

QuestionQUESTION: Last week, I came back home from university and brought my phals back with me, and I had to walk in the blizzarding snow with it.. and when I got home, the leaves looked like it was bruised.. and o

my orchid wilted

QuestionHello Jim, in a matter of a couple of hours, i noticed all of my orchid flowers in one big pot just started to wilt. could it be the warm room? We had the fire place going it was probably 80 degrees in tha

Leaves are falling off my Phalaenopsis Orchid

QuestionOrchid Pot QUESTION: Hello Jim, I have just purchased my very first orchid and I have had it for about two months. Now all but one leaf has fallen off. What could be the problem? I have it in its

Cymbidium leaves are turning yellowish, discoloring

QuestionQUESTION: Wayne, I have a couple of Cymbidiums whose leaves seem to be turning yellowish and discoloring. Some of the leaves are light green which I know is the right shade of green, I have also made sure it

Phal and its spikes growing sideways

QuestionQUESTION: Wayne, I have several Phals which had grown sideways when I bought them although its spike was nice and straight up. This year, one of them has a couple of spikes which are growing sideways and a

Phalaenopisis orchid problems

QuestionHaving scanned through past answers and learnt heaps already from the questions/answers, I realise that my beautiful orchid (only bought some 4 weeks ago) can be saved! It is suffering an acute case

Phalaenopsis reflowering

QuestionHi, I was given a phalaenopsis orchid on November 19th as a birthday present. The plant was already in bloom. Two days ago the last white flower wilted and fell off. The plant is quite large with leaves a ri