Comments for Orchids Plant Care

Comment on Growing Orchids Indoors by ashlyn

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:30:20 +0000

my orchids leaves are turning a yellow and i do everything that is needed. what am i doing wrong?

Comment on Orchid Plant Blooming Overview by Sheila

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:36:11 +0000

Jo,
I’m in the same boat as you. I have gotten 3 orchid gifts now 2 are not blooming any more. I’v heard different things. One lady Told me she has 5 orchids that are allmost allways in bloom and she does nothing. In fact she said she heardly remembers to water them. Then I heard from my niece that you need to cut them but only at a certain place…she didn’t know what place. If you ever get any info let me know OK.
Sheila

Comment on Growing Orchids Indoors by Ross S. Albert

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:15:41 +0000

I have just purchased a Phal,growing in sphagnim moss.Can I carefully repot it into a bark mixture now or should I wait till it stops flowering?

Comment on General Orchid Repotting Requirements by John

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:37:44 +0000

Some guidance, pls, about removing air roots and other out-of-pot roots. You may guess that my orchids were rather overdue for repotting. I procrastinated because limited previous experience had tragic results. This year, did more research and 3 out of 3 are doing swell in new larger accomodations. One remains. It’s in a window above the kitchen sink & is covered in dead-looking “air roots” desperately trying to reach sink faucet. (no worry–they get plenty of water.)

Comment on Blooming Noble Dendrobium Orchids by Linda Westerheide

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:15:54 +0000

Should the old canes be cut off? I have 4 old canes and one brand new one. Thanks.
Linda

Comment on Orchids Propagation Overview by Thomas JM.

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:50:46 +0000

This article for me it is a new information and very usefull for me as a new hobies grower. At this momen I am lack on flas propagation information. Thank a lot . best regard thoms.

Comment on Popular Orchids - Phalaenopsis by Ann

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:29:59 +0000

I have a phals named moon glow valley, it was a valentines present and there was a full moon. Anyway I have had her for about 2 years, and neever had any problems getting her to rebloom. This year she has a white sticky type fungus under the leaves, on the stems, on the buds, and flowers. The flowers are dropping way to early. I have reseached and can’t find anything relating to this. I have 3 more orchids that aren’t in bloom showing the same gunk? Please help
Desperate

Comment on Popular Types of Orchid Plant - Lycaste by joseph schwab

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:25:42 +0000

lycaste love brite light and they should not be allowed to dry out,grows well in new zealand spagnum moss.have over 75 lycastes in our collection.thank you and Merry Christmas Joseph

Comment on Orchids Classification Overview by Tami Beall

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:33:51 +0000

i am certainly an ameteur orchid grower but have been growing them in my house and outside for about 13 years. i think i have it fairly well down but am baffled by some things that have occurred in the last few years. i have brought some of my orchids from Puerto Rico and Miami where we once lived. I am now in the upstate of SC. my climate has certainly changed but things are going well- we’ve been here for 4 years now. here’s my question. Qts #1 i have what i have always called a brassovola nodosa. it is unsual looking with extremely fragrant white slender blooms. it only smells at night. last year after a very prufuse blooming, about 95% of the plant died. i have had this plant for at least 10 years. i was able to salvage part of it but what is going on and what do i need to do? a similiar thing happenned two years ago to my brassovola mai kai(that the name i was told in PR). QTS #2- i have several phals that have begun to produce plants off their spikes every year. these mother plants are beautiful and healthy. i divided them so that this process might stop, but it seems it just keeps creating new plants on top of the old plant or off one of the spikes. it will also put out at least three other flowering spikes at the same time. why does it do this, and what do i need to do? should i do something to stop this process? QTS #3 since moving to SC my superbum, when it looses its leaves, only looses a portion of its leaves. this prohibs the plan to bloom to its fullest since it doesn’t loose all its leaves. what can i do to force it to loose the rest of them and, better yet, what am i doing to make the leaves stop falling? the plant is plenty long and so so healthy. i love this orchid but it needs to loose all it’s leaves to be showy. and last- QTS #4- i divided my oncidiums this summer. now half the plant blooms when it used to(in the fall) and the half of it is throwing out spikes now. why? this wouldn’t be such a big deal except that this is occurring within the pot. so half the pot already bloomed and the other half will in the next few months. what did i do and can i correct it?

thanks so much for anyones time- i need some expecienced help here!
sincerely, tami

Comment on Easy Orchid Flower - Epidendrum Radicans ‘Yellow’ by Tasha

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:01:13 +0000

How do I get my Radican orchid to bloom again. It hasn’t bloomed in months. I just recently moved the indoor plant from its original spot by the door, in fear that it may have been too drafty. Now it is underneath a high window, but will not receive direct sunlight THe temperature in the house ranges from 68-75 degrees farenheit. It is in a six inch clay pot. Is there a specific fertilizer I can give it?