new growth on a phaleanopsis orchid plant

QuestionMy 8 or 9 year old orchid has a new set of leaves about 2/3rds of the way up the mother plant. It is not on a bloom stalk. It has two leaves about 4 inches long. No discernable roots. I am afraid I will harm

Problem with flowers growing back

QuestionLast Febuary, my boyfriend bought me a pot with Phalaenopsis Orchids and the flowers lasted for quite some time. Once they all died away he cut back the stem in which all the flowers were on all the way down

Phalaneopsis

QuestionHi!Ive received a phalaneopsis a month ago.Suddenly I repotted it because I saw that the pot was too small for the roots but I used ordinary peat than I watered it and left it to dry before watering again.A

roots, and blooms

QuestionI was given an orchid as a going away gift. Ive never grown them before. It had a bloom on it at the time, it has since lost the bloom and no new ones have appeared. it seems to have grown new leaves about m

Is this a new spike?

QuestionI have two Phalaenopsis Orchids one is now beginning to bloom and has produced a long branch with mutliple buds. The second lost its flowers after shipment but you gave me some excellent advice on cutting it

Dendrobium Orchid-leaves falling off stems look dry

QuestionI was given a large beautiful Dendrobium Orchid about 2 1/2 months ago. I have been very careful following the instructions on how to care for this plant. Within the last two weeks it has started

pot-bound phalaenopsis

QuestionI have had a phalaenopsis in glorious bloom since July 2004. It has made a huge number of long roots which are climbing out of the pot and lying on the window-sill. Also, the plant itself looks a

Phalaenopsis orchid blooms have wilted 1 week after bringing home

QuestionWayne, I brought home a phalaenopsis orchid that looked healthy and had 4 blooms. After one week the blooms have all wilted and I have cut them off. I dont understand how they could have wilted so quickly.

phalanopsis

QuestionMy orchid has a baby growing on at the end of the spike with just leaves on it. Should I cut the cluster of leaves off from the top and pot that or leave it? Thanks Becky AnswerHello Becky, Leave the baby

Losing all leaves on my cybidium

QuestionI have a cybidium that Is losing all of Its leaves. they are turning brown and drying up. I have placed In different locations for more light/ less light and It doesnt seem to matter.I have a green shoot whi

do i need to replant or repot or just replant the crown on my orchid

QuestionQUESTION: I went on vacation for a week and left my orchid in a dark cold house in Los Angeles/Encino CA. When I returned, the plant had sprouted four foot long root stems and one flowering stem with three f

Vanda - root rot

QuestionHi - I have a vanda orchid I received last V day (almost a year ago) and following the instructions of a garden shop, I set up a hydroponic planter for it. Well, needless to say, the directions were co

Phalaenopsis leaf yellow, wrinkled and drooping

QuestionHello Jim, My first phalaenopsis was purchased about a year ago. After its blooms finally a few months later, I cut off the then-empty flowering spike. In the summer it grew a new leaf, which grew fairly qu

NO IDEA

QuestionQUESTION: I have an orchid and dont know what kind it is and there are some white spots on a few of the leaves kinda indented, two lower leaves fell off and were yellowish, it did bloom for me couple of time

2 Phals

QuestionHi Wayne King, I know you have probably been asked these same questions time and time again and I am sorry if you have to repeat yourself. I am just having a hard time with two of my phals. I ha

phal leaves fell off

QuestionI bought a phal orchid last fall with beautiful yellow flowers, the plant looked young and healthy. I think some water got on the leaves and now all the leaves have fallen off and the flowering stems are dry

Oncidium- Ramsey Gordan variety

QuestionMy oncidium lost its last blooms sometime late in the fall. The stalk went black and I cut it back. I proceeded to take care of it, just as I had been. It had 3 bulbs at the base. The 2 sma

blossom problems with mini-cattleyas

QuestionHi -- for the second year in a row, my mini-catt is frustrating me. I put it outside during the summer, and it set two nice spikes, with three buds apiece. (It now is in a south-facing window, about 25 feet

Drying fresh Orchids for shadowbox

QuestionOrchids were on daddys casket arrangement and my mother wants to create a shadowbox with the dried flowers. What is the best method of drying white and purple orchids? AnswerHello Karen, Im sorry to

Orchid left in Cold

QuestionMy orchid was left in the car overnight. The flowers are lifeless and the leaves are thawing out, but how do I revive it? AnswerFrom the sound of things, it was below freezing in the car overnight. &n