Phalaenopsis Bud gone yellow - help!

QuestionI just bought 2 beautiful Phalaenopsis plants with flowers and lots of buds of all sizes. After 5 days, Ive noticed all the end buds from both plants have turned yellow and wrinkled. These are the tiny 1-2mm

Orchid with wilting leaves

QuestionI bought an orchid 6 months ago (in NZ summer) and it was doing well in the position I had it (facing north & not in direct sunlight) for ages. Then my learning to walk and reach things son pulled it down tw

Not sure what is going on.

QuestionSo this year while at college the local Walmart had orchids on sale. It was literally 99cents and basically dead. I havent seen it flower and am excited to see what I actually have here. Heres my question: I

brown spots on leaves

QuestionA beautiful and prolific bloomer, my brassia is starting to develop brown spots on some leaves. The spots appear to be spreading. Help. AnswerThis is a fairly common problem with Brassia. It is

any help for my sick orchid

QuestionI bought(or should I say rescued) an phalaenopsis orchid from lowes the other day . Ii was out on the clearance shelf in the sun,the leaves are very limp, slightly wrinled and turning brown. the actual petal

Sophronitis coccinea seedling

Questioni have Sophronitis coccinea seedling about one and half years . right from flask i wired them onto tree slabs .they are very healthy but growing very slowly.my question :a

orchids reblooming

Questionhow many times will an orchid plant bloom? I received my first orchid as a gift for Mothers day and my flowers fell off this week. Will there be another blooming? AnswerMaryann, I assume you hav

watering orchids

Questiondo I continue to water after the blooms have fallen off and do I need to fertilize if so, when? AnswerThe key to watering is to have fresh orchid potting mix. With a fresh orchid poting mix you can wa

Phal orchid troubles

QuestionI received a healthy, big phal orchid as a gift about two months ago. It had two stalks with flowers and buds, about 18 tall. I decided to keep it in my office,thinking the temperature would be m

Orchid, all flowers fell off

QuestionI received a healthy Phal Orchid plant 5 weeks ago and it had six flowers. I didnt notice if there was any bud when I got it, but last week I noticed there was one bud coming out when two flowers were fallin

bugs on orchids

QuestionI have about four different kinds of orchids and I was repotting one the other days and noticed there were little tiny white bugs crawling in the bark of the one orchid and then looked at the other ones and

what to do after a phalaenopsis has bloomed.

QuestionHey Jim, I have three pahlaenopis, each of which are doing well and bloomed for months. The flowers on the spikes have fallen off, but the spikes have yet to die back. I was told to cut right before the nod

Oncidium Blooms

QuestionI have oncidium wildcat yellow butterfly. It has sent up 3 new bloom stalks between 2 to to 3 feet in length. These stalks have been growing for 2 to 4 weeks and have yet to produce a bloom. &nbs

Orchid (not a Phal) possibly cymbidium

Question I have had this orchid for three years. It was originally in spagnum, but I replanted it in bark. I had a nice bloom last January lasting several months. Since the last bkoom a new spike has emerged and it

yellow dendrobium leaves

QuestionI have had a dendrobium for 1.5 years and its flowering stem fell off about 3 months ago. Now the leaves on the cane are progressively yellowing from the top down and falling off. I understand th

phalenopsis replant question

Questioni have a very basic white phal... i forget how to spell that...orchid. there are three flowers and one is wilting and feels dry... is that a problem? also, it cam in a really small pot, when do i know when i

chinese orchids and others

Questioni have like 10 orchids, most have tags on them and some sound like chinese names, but i havnt a clue as to what kind they are. i took pictures of all ten and would like to show them to someone with the

White Moth Orchid dying

QuestionQUESTION: I bought a beautifully healthy white moth orchid and all of the two flowers and the two leaves have fallen off and the stem has turned brown. The flowers slowly died than the leaves got mushy near

save my Phal!!!

QuestionHello! I am a new owner of a gorgeous phal, but have experienced a bad week with my plant. I started out with 7 nice healthy white and purple polka dot flowers and now they have turned a dark purple and fell

Sunburnt phal?

QuestionI am the proud owner of a beautiful phal i bought from *cringe* Costco last year. I re-potted it early this spring in a bark/charcoal mix and started misting it every morning with a water and orchid food mix