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Orchid Newbie

QuestionI bought an orchid from my local nursery this weekend. With it I bought an orchid pot, pebbles for the saucer, and orchid food. I would like to re-pot my Phalaenopsis. It currently has seve

Questions about Brassidium

QuestionQUESTION: My husband gives me an orchid every Valentines day as well as one for our anniversary every year. We live in Colorado, along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The climate here is

phal orchid leaves cracking and yellowing

QuestionI am a new phal orchid owner - 3 wks. The plant is beautiful and still blooming, however, one of the bottom leaves fell off quickly after getting it home after turning yellow and wilting. It was

Blooms on the same spike

QuestionI have been cutting back the stems after the blooms have finished and have just read that new blooms can grow on the same spike. Is this for all species or just some? I have a mix of orchids, no cymbidiums

Sharry Baby Oncidium advice

QuestionHi Jim, We are first-time orchid owners and bought a mature sharry baby with one stalk and and about 3 pseudobulbs. Weve been keeping it indirectly lit, watered without excess, fertilized, etc. Now,

Leaves turned white on Phaia

QuestionHi Wayne I recently purchased a moth orchid for my sister. The ma said to keep it from opening to soon to keep it cold. I put it out in my flower shed next to the window. Today I noticed that leaves have tur

Placing trays under orchids

QuestionI have trays that contain a small amount of water, glass marbles on top and my orchids on top on top of the marbles. I have heard that it will create a more humid environment for orchids. I try not t

Flower spike

QuestionI was wondering what am I supposed to do when a spike loses all the flowers. Some say to cut the entire spike and some say to cut it 1/2 inch above the last node. What is the best thing to do? AnswerJack, I

I think my Dendrobium Orchid is dying..

QuestionI got a Dendrobium Orchid from my boyfriend in Oct. 2007 and when the last flower died..i just left it alone..kept watering it once a week never fed/fertilized it, kept it under indirect sunlight (I live in

Overheated Greenhouse

QuestionQUESTION: HELP! My greenhouse overheated to 125 F for three days in a row. I now have automatic vent openers but my orchids and nepenthes are all turning yellow. Two of my orchids have already died :( sadly.

Dying bulbs

QuestionI recently bought a Phalaenopsis Mericlone after purchasing this Orchid I noticed some of the bulbs and flowers were dying. The bulbs would die before they even bloom. Any ideas why? I have it sitting in fro

orchid care & flowering

QuestionI have a white orchid, the kind that has purple center. It had flowers on it since December, and now the flowers have all fallen off. I use Better Gro to fertilize it, and I just started using it 1 month a

Phal questions

QuestionHi there I have a few questions, hope you can help I have 7 phalaenopsis orchids. 2 of them are flowering right now but still have a few buds that need to open, On one of them the first flower h

Bent Phalaenopsis Flower Spike

QuestionI have had beautiful Phalaenopsis, 揃rother Lancer,?for five years. This year it produced two spikes with multiple branches and lots of blossoms, most of which are open now. Unfortunately, the bam

shrivelling orchid buds

Questionhi, Ive just been given a pink phalaenopsis orchid which Im really crazy about and really wish to enjoy for a long time, it has two stems and four open flowers on each, the only problem is that the next bud

cymbidium pot

QuestionQUESTION: My first miniature cymbidium came from that famous orchid house on El Camino Real about 35 years ago. I live on the other coast. Since then Ive repotted and given away tons, but lately havent taken

Orchids Drooping (Phal)

QuestionQUESTION: I purchased a pink and yellow phal in february and it has not been right since. I repotted it with miracle grow for orchids and nothing. I check the pot for water density, watch how muc

Dendrobium / Phaleanopsis

Question1. My Dendrobium was purchased on sale when out of bloom. It has been about a year. It has not bloomed under my care, but the leaves are green and healthy. Question: there are 3 canes. One

New plants

QuestionDo you break the new plant off a spike or cut it in some way? Do you put the new roots all the way under the potting mix? As you can tell I have never done this before. AnswerNew plants that are found on a

White Orchids not blooming this year

QuestionQUESTION: Hello and thanks in advance. I own a white orchid for about five years and every year it blooms at the beginning of the year. This year it hasnt. I noticed that this year it has more le

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