how to stimulate new spike growth

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I have two orchids and Ive been research online on how to take care of them. Ever since I bought them they have flowered twice very nicely. Ive learned a few things about how to stimulate bloo

Super Phalaenopsis ????

QuestionHi Jim: Having dabbled in orchids for a few years I appear to have come across a real super specimen with a four year plant, blooming every year, this year on a 5plus stem to date 24 large blooms with 4 to 6

Cymbidium_planting soil

Questionhello again jim, still having trouble with my Cyms. lost my flower-stalks last year before they bloomed. what i NEED to know is_should i take them out of thier Orchid DIRT and just grow them in_Perlite and,B

droopy moth orchid flowers

Question droopy orchid I unknowingly allowed my moth orchid to get too dry and a couple of flowers drooped and the leaves werent very rigid. After a few waterings with orchid food (potted in sphagnum moss) the flowe

Moth Orchid, Droopy flowers, one red leaf

QuestionHi Jim, Thanks for taking the time to respond. My 2 month old moth orchid has been blooming continuously, which is great...however, yesterday I noticed the blooms are droopy. Last week the lowest leaf starte

sprouts !

QuestionHi Jim, I have baby sprouts,four of them on my dendrobium.I don`t know what variety i`m afraid,the supermarket didn`t see fit to say what sort.Do i pull them off the parent or cut them off carefully please?I

Poor leaf condition

QuestionHello, I am new to the orchid world, something im sure many start their questions off with - but I am very interested in saving my first orchid ! a phalaenopsis. the first problem that I noticed is that the

Oncidium Intergeneric Alliance Wildcat

QuestionQUESTION: Jim you helped me this summer. I wrote about my orchid that I got at my sisters funneral. I repotted my orchid and it seemed to be doing fine. I soaked the orchid when I repotted

I think I killed my orchid, HELP!

QuestionDear Jim, I am in big trouble with my orchid. I dont know much about orchids. It was my mothers (who passed away 7 years ago, had a green thumb and had many orchids). This is the last orchid plant from Mom

Orchid Babies

QuestionI have a phalaenopsis orchid and theres a baby plant growing from the stem that I cut back after it was done flowering. How do I treat this tiny plant? Do I cut it and put in in some potting medium? It has f

Propogate a new plant

QuestionWe purchased an orchid, phalaenopsis, from Borg almost a year ago. It had flowers and lasted for 8 or 9 months. We left the spike and now new leaves have sprouted. How do we propogate this new plant? Phil

growing dendrobiums on trees

QuestionI recently rescued some bare rooted dendrobiums and would like to attach them to a tree. In the past I took one out of its pot and put some sphagnum moss in some netting around the roots and stapled th

Difficulty in lighting?

QuestionI live in Florida, therefore all my windows are covered with a film to filter the sun. I have placed different types of orchids in my East,South,North windows and they dont do much of anything except turn ye

is my phalaenopsis orchid dying?

Questionhello! ok.. so about two weeks ago i received a phalaenopsis orchid from a friend, but lately the flowers have been shriveling and falling off one by one. I put the orchid in indirect sunlight,  

Vanda orchid

QuestionI have had a Vanda orchid for several years and each year it blooms. This year, however, not only did it bloom but I have what appears to be a new plant growing out of one of the stems. It has se

Leaves on a flower stem

QuestionWhen the last blooms died on my phal orchid I left the flower spike as it was still green. To my great surprise, a set of 2 leaves have sprouted on the stem about 2/3 of the way up! What should I do? Can thi

replanting

QuestionI need to repot my plant. The one i have is in the middle of what looks like a wood. It is light weight. I believe one of my roots is rotten and dead, Should i break it open and repla

black spotting on south american orchid

Questionhi Jim, i live in Australia( Newcastle nsw) and was given orchid for 1st mothers day (May), it had beautiful purple & yellow flowers. then they finished, storks went black, as have many leaves.(black spots).

Orchid Leaves turning white on one side.

QuestionQUESTION: Hi there, I bought an orchid (not sure what type. Its a larger plant with white petals which bleed into pinky/purple in the middle with purple centre) a year ago and it has been very healthy and is

Phaleanopsis, black & green mold, repotting with injured roots?

QuestionI fear Im asking too late & have destroyed my orchid... I have a 2 yr old small Phalean. that has never bloomed and has failed to thrive(sporting only 2-3 leaves at a time)until about a month ago when more l