A very sick cymbidium

QuestionHi, Jim. Ive enjoyed scanning through all your answers to others quandaries. I share your view that orchids are rewarding and confounding. I have one thats really confounding me. I live in Los Angeles, Ho

palanopsis Orchid division

QuestionI had a white palanopsis beautiful orchid for years. It had a 5 - 6 leaves and good roots growth. plant was very healthy and every year it gives me nice blooms also. last week i wanted to divide it so i cut

saving my grandmothers orchid.

QuestionQUESTION: My first orchid was given to me by my grandmother who has since passed away. I am unsure of the genus and species. It is a small orchid with dendrobium type leaves 6 inches long and get

planting of palaenopsis orchid

QuestionI have use to plant the palaenopsis orchids using synthetic form board coated with cement and in middle placing the coconut husk attaching the plant. This is the practice here. This board can be hanged nicel

semi-healthy phalaenopsis hybrid

Question About a week ago I received a phal hybrid in a very soggy pot with rot on the leaves and some roots. I was told to cut the leaf down to the good part and seal the cut, hten repot cutting off the rotten le

Orchids flowers falling off quickly

QuestionI recently got a Beallara Hawaiian Glacier Queen Anne (Mericlone) orchid. It had a few flowers blooming when I got it and the rest of the flowers quickly opened up (about a week). But now (abou

dendrobium orchid seed sowing

QuestionQUESTION: I pollinated denrobium orchid on 15th september and i have a seed pod now. I wanted to sow this by myself and wants to see the tiny plants. No matter about the time. I am not much convenient about

The bloom is drooping, what is wrong with it?

QuestionHi. I have a small phalaenopsis. When I bought the plant it had two blooms about a month ago. Since then it opened two more blooms, but one of them opened and immediately became droopy and died off. A petal

peace orchid

QuestionQUESTION: I was given a peace orchid and it was doing fine. Now all of a sudden the blooms are shriveling and falling off. Is it dying or what. I do not want to lose it what can I do? ANSWER: Hello Krista,

Brassavola brown tips on new shoots

QuestionI split my brassavola yellow bird about 1 year ago into 3 plants. They are all growing new leaves and are a healthy green. We had 1 flower grow about a week ago from 1 of the plants. However it looks like th

Dendrobium browning stem

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Wayne, I cut the flower stem spike of my Dendrobium Orchid after it finished blooming. I cut it above where the first flower was. However, the larger stem is starting to turn brown

Oncidium sweet sugar

QuestionJust bought this Oncidium sweet sugar and Im not sure if the green foliage should be sticking out of the soil so much! There like big bulbs and and this mixture looks like fine bark grinded down. Shoul

too many leaves?

QuestionI am new to orchid growing, my wife and I simply love orchids. We have purchased 8 plants in the last year or so, mostly Phalaenopsis. The plants were all purchased in during the end of winter and the

Phalaenopsis blooms are drooping

QuestionHi Jim, I received a phalaenopsis orchid about a month ago as a gift (it came from a specialty flower shop) and it only had about 6 blooms on it at the time. Over the next few weeks it blossomed wonderfully

keiki on a spike that is starting to brown

QuestionI got this plant on Mothers Day and it has been blooming its heart out ever since, just dropped its last bloom today. I think all that blooming wore the plant out, it has dropped all but on

Phalaenopsis plantlets

QuestionI have just ordered flask with Phalaenopsis plantlets. Ive been growing mature plants for few months so far therefore Its my first experience with growing orchids from flasks on my own. Im doing a research o

Asoscenda

QuestionI have an asoscenda (I have forgetten name - it has orange flowers). I purchased it last winter in bloom. In the past I have had difficulty getting them to rebloom. Also, the roots look very thin and wiry -

replanting a Miltassia, C. M. Fitch Izumi

QuestionHi, my plant has a spike right now. It is growing horizontally in both directions extending roots out from the new growth and has really needed to be repotted for some time. I need to know where I should cut

Can I cut back an orchid blooming stem?

QuestionI got my orchid about 2 months ago when my son was born, it had about 6-7 blooms on what Im going to call a blooming stem and about 4 leaves. Since we have gotten home, the plant is still very healthy,

Leaves growing, but not blooming...

QuestionQUESTION: I have 5 orchids, and I am trying to absorb as much information as I can to care for them correctly. I have had one of my orchids for about 2 1/2 yrs. I think I cut the stem wrong, because it will