RE: Saturday Orchid & Houseplant Update!
Beautiful colour on the blooming one!
About the Stressed one - it looks like she is very dehydrated. There might be two options for that:
- Simply you do not water it enough
- You watered it too much and if it stayed moist too long the roots inside the pot rotted and died.
The best way would be to take it out of the pot and check it. But since it is starting to bloom - wait until it finishes. Repoting now will only stress it and it will most likely drop all the buds.
To help her now, try to mist the roots that grow outside the pot every day. Just until the get some moisture. They will drink what they can and will dry up fast enough.
After it is done blooming check what is happening with the roots in the pot. If they are dark brown, papery and have no substance - they are dead. Cut them off and pot the orchid in new bark a little bit dipper, but not cover the parts where the leaves join the stem. With a bit of love she will be fine :)
P.S. Love the tall cactus on the last photo :)
This is AWESOME advice! I will definitely be looking to re-pot it when it is all done flowering .. if it survives it?? lol. I bought a bag of Orchid mulch chips and am ready to go!!! Thank you for the information. I will be putting it to use that's for sure. I will DM you if I have any questions. I just may.. haha.
We have had that cactus for a good while and within the last few years it has really grown! It's a little crooked, but a cutie for sure :-)
You're very welcome :D If you are on Discord catch me there if you have more questions.
I am sure it will be fine. A good bark chips is all she needs.
Try to mist those outside roots from time to time so she can hydrate a bit until then.
There are also some very handy videos on youtube on how to check on the roots and how to repot Phalaenopsis. They might be handy too to gt the idea.
Check MissOrchidGirl - she has some awesome tutorials.
Oh thank you for the referral! I will check them out this weekend :-)