miltonia

QuestionI have bought my first Miltonia plant. It had some beautiful flowers but now I am getting buds that are not opening and a brown in color. What do I do, what am I doing wrong. Thank you AnswerTo help m

White Phalaenopsis care/instructions

QuestionHello Jim, I received a White Phalaenopsis last night at a retirement party for a Major General from the U.S. Army. The plant was beautiful and healthy, and I knew nothing of Orchids. I got home

Cymbidium Orchid Dying

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jim, About a month ago I purchased my first cymbidium orchid from Home Depot. I dont know how long the flowers were in bloom prior to my purchase, but approximately a week after I bought

strange growth

Question/Users/fredmoor/Desktop/IMG_1210.JPG I do not know if the picture got through, but we have an orchid plant that has sent out a new shoot fromm the main trunk. At the bottom of that new shoot are several ne

orchid root

QuestionAbout a month ago I received a phalaenopsis orchid known as a moth orchid with white/pink in the center flowers. The plant bloomed and now the flowers are dying and falling off. I cut down one stem halfway

Phal. Orchid Terri Henderson

QuestionI bought several orchids in February. They have been blooming ever since, one of them however seems to be giving me issues. Some of the small underlying leaves are turning a lighter green, probab

White Dendrobium Anosmum

QuestionI am trying to purchase a White Dendrobium Anosmum but am not having any luck, even here in Hawaii. Can you steer me in the right direction? Thanks, Bill AnswerHi again Bill, Bet you didnt expect to hea

HELP! One-leafed orchid

QuestionQUESTION: I hope you can help me. My mom got the most beautiful orchid for Mothers Day, from my sister. We were admiring it, and my Mom was cutting off some dead parts (looked like dead root parts) and I w

spots on orchid bark

QuestionHi Wayne, I live in Budapest Hungary. I bought a phalenopsis orchid 3 months ago from an orchid seller. It has bloomed and leaves are thick and rich in color. I water it once a week and its potted in a plast

Cymbideums in Massachusetts

QuestionHi! Several years ago, a friend gave me a large cymbidium from the office which had finished blooming (so they were getting rid of it!). We divided and repotted the sections in four pots. O

Phalenopsis questions

QuestionQUESTION: Now, on to my Phals. When I bought my lovely phalenopsis orchids they were in plastic pots inside clay, and potted with what looks like sphagnum moss. I was told to submerge each plant

Flowerless Orchid

QuestionHi Jim, Our orchid has now dropped all of its flowers after five months. Am I correct in assuming that if I cut the stem back as you prescribe, the more healthy leaves we have the better chance there is of i

Getting my Phalaenopsis to bloom

QuestionI received a Phalaenopsis as a gift in March of 2006,at the time it was in full bloom and remained so for months. Once it finished blooming, I cut the spike, after referring to many sites for advice. &

Yellow Stems

QuestionIm a beginner with Orchids. I got one for my anniversary in Feb, there were blooms on it. But, now the blooms have fallen off and the stem is turning slowly yellow and brown. What am I doing wrong?? AnswerH

Phalaenopsis disease

QuestionDear Jim Kawasaki Thank you very much for your kindness sending an very important ansewer about phalaenopsis. And Im sorry for prividing unclearly information about either mayself or plants. My name is kon

Oncidium with no roots & 1 bulb

QuestionI purchased an Oncidium that was in bloom and had one pseudobulb. I went to repot it and to make a long story short I broke the pseudobulb from the bulb with the blooms. All the roots except one root that

orchid not blooming?

Questionhey there, A friend gave me an orchid last year around May, when I admired it. Im pretty sure its a Cymbidium orchid. It has long leaves that come from this bulb thing. Anyway, I went to to his house the ot

how do i revive my orchid?

Questioni recently got a beautiful orchid, but only after a week, the flowers fell off. i tried watering it and putting it next to my window. the plant is still green, but where the flowers grow is completely dead.

orchid has lost flowers ,, now what??

Questioni bought two orchids from a store here close to where i live in knoxville tn witch is zone 7 if that helps you ,, anyway, the white one kept its flowers for about 2 months and were beautiful but it has scinc

My Phal

QuestionQUESTION: I recently acquired a phal. Since I got it, two new flowers and a new bud. Leaves look great except for a couple. I just noticed they are turning purplish. This is not on the olde