Yellow Lumps on Stem

QuestionIve had a single phalaenopsis orchid now for about 4 months and its always had really healthy flowers and leaves but recently i took it out of its pot in to a square ceramic pot and put it nearer to a window

phalaenopsis stem turning brown

Questionhi, I have a phalaenopsis w/ two stems. I cut both back about half way after the flowers died off a few months ago. Two weeks ago, one of the stems started to turn brown from the top down, so I cut it back t

SLC Cattleyas

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jim, 1) Can I leave SLC cattleyas outdoor in the winter in San Jose California even when the temperature drops to about 30F at night? 2) If not, when (at what temperature in the winter)

yellow mold in soil, orchid leaves dying

QuestionI have two orchids in the same pot. I bought them from costco in March and after a few days I noticed mold growing in the soil. My plant was doing fine until about 2 weeks ago when one of them dropped all th

Yellowing leaves! Please help!

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jim, I am a beginner when it comes to all things green. A few months ago, I bought two phals, from two different places. The smaller one that seemed to be a little sickly (leaves wer

Shriveling Orchid Leaves

QuestionHi Jim Ive had my Phal for the past 2 years and it has been growing amazingly. It had given rise to 3 new plants in the form of Keikis, which have all flowered. The problem is that now the original plant is

Starting a new plant

QuestionJust out of curiosity, I was wondering how one would start an new phal. orchid plant? AnswerHello Lesia, There are several ways to start a new phalaenopsis, briefly here are the ways. A new plantl

Phalaenopsis puchased from local grocery store

QuestionQUESTION: I purchased 3 of these (discounted) from my local grocery store. There are buds coming out but no flowers. Two were in clay pots with one in a flimsy plastic pot stuck inside the clay p

paphiopedilum orchid drooping leaves

QuestionDear Mr. Kawasaki, I bought a lady slipper paphiopedilum orchid from an orchid show last June, 2006, while it was in bloom. It bloomed for about a month as Id thought and the leaves remained growing

Follow up on drooping orchid

QuestionDear Mr. Kawasaki, I forgot to mention that I live in New Orleans. Although my orchid is indoors, it still feels pretty humid in here. I dont really know how to measure that, though. Th

mix for repotting

Question Hey Jim: Thanks for your response.I was wondering if you had a mix that youve had any great reasults with, for repotting phalys (my pet word) that renders results above the norm, or is it still prett

Phal leaves turned watery

QuestionDear Jim, I just bought a White Phal two weeks ago without flower. It seemed to me that the orchid was pretty healthy,with 6 long leaves that were firm and green and a baby leaf was coming out.

Dead Orchid?

QuestionMy secretary had an orchid plant sitting on a bookshelf, neglected for I dont know how long. I am trying to rescue it. The flower stem is only green for about 6 inches, at which point it turns br

Repotting my phals

QuestionHi Jim, I live in So. Fla and have about 15 phals that I grow under shade with an Eastern exposure. They have just finished blooming, the last bloom fell yesterday, the spikes are st

Phalaenopsis: Dark green areas on leaves

QuestionHi .. Wow .. quite nice archive of questions you have here :) I have my Phal. on a shelf that received indirect light (its a bright room) and sometimes I leave it a few days getting evening light (direct, b

parasites

QuestionIve just noticed a small worm on one of my orchids (the kind that has the sort of bulbous base and strappy leaves), and Ive also noticed the old growth rapidly turning brown and then shriveling. Can th

Orchid type?

QuestionHi, I was given an orchid and would like to properly care for it, but I dont know what type of orchid it is. Can you help? It looks like this: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:/

phalaenopsis health

Questioni am a hobbyist orchid grower and live in a tropical zone so in the summer i am lucky to be able to leave my plants outside, unless the weather is very bad. i had gone away on buisness for a week and r

My Charlie Brown Orchid

QuestionMr. Kawasaki I purchased my orchid about a year ago, it was at the time a Charlie Brown orchid with one lonely flower and two tiny pedals. It is a phal, it went through a beautiful flowering period after my

Phaelenopsis Orchids

QuestionI have a friend whose engagement party I am hosting. She saw a picture of some phaelenopsis orchids propped in gtall lass cylinders of small rocks, and I want to create these centerpieces for her. &nbs