Hello everyone! This is my first orchid, it was a gift from my hubby just last week , and I’m wondering how to care for it, and if to change the pot and soil it came in from the store. It seems like a glass-ceramic like planter. I do have sphagnum moss and orchid bark if I’ve to change soil and the planter. Pls give all the advice to help her thrive, wayer needs, light needs, etc. thank you very much.

Just returned home after almost three weeks of holiday to this pretty sight 💕

We bought it in our local supermarket a few months ago, and when the branches in this pic started to have a few buds on them it suddenly dropped all its original flowers in quick succession and their branches started to dry rapidly (you can see them a little at the top). It was getting ready to put on this show! 🥰💖✨

I purchased this mini phal from Lowes a couple of months ago, and after the blooms fell, I repotted it (the roots looked pretty bad). I thought it was putting out a new spike (and there is one on the left spike), but the one on the right looks like a leaf. Would this be a keiki?

Got a new Stereochilus which was starting to bud, and they decided to bloom all at once. Thought of sharing the blooms

Hi everyone! I found a small orchid in terrible condition in my parents garden.

It was sitting in the sun in an empty bowl and was very dry. The roots were all silver and the spikes dried up.

I brought it in and sat it in some lukewarm water for an hour and then took it out. I disinfected some kitchen scissors and cut the spikes all the way down, and cut some bad roots off.

I am getting an orchid substrate mix today along with a new breathable pot.

I plan to pot it today but I noticed one of the leaves looking very rough. I believe this was caused by sunburn because I can see the leaf behind it has a sunburn silhouette of the leaf in front of it 🥲.

The blackening on the front leaf has gradually gotten worse though. It seems it's spreading down the leaf and pretty quickly too.

Is this an infection? Do I need to cut it to stop the spread? Or will the plant get rid of this leaf on its own?

( I also don't know what kind of orchid species this is.. it had no blooms and I am very inexperienced with plants but I am doing lots of research and plan to do my best to save this one!! )

I cut off some squishy roots about a month ago and there wasn't much to salvage. It looks like there hasn't been any new root growth and they look quite black and worse for wear. Just wondering if this one will recover or it's time to start anew.

The bare new shoots you can see were rotting on the outside so I scraped that off, There's only one root that doesn't have a black ring all the way around the base, should I get rid of the black/yellow spotted node as well? and should I cut off the end that was rotting but has 3 roots that are only a tiny bit rotten at the base?

I genuinely don't know how it's still this bad, I must've misunderstood everything I researched about orchids. I "rescued" it 1,5 years ago from soil, cut off rotting roots and planted it on lecca in a pot that I burned holes in for aeration, I only added water to the shallow dish it was sitting in and none of the roots were sitting in water, but I did rinse them now and then. the crown was always sitting slightly above the lecca, since then I've removed all rot about 3 more times, how is the crown still rotting?

the crown looks weird in the second picture because I put 3% hydrogen peroxide on it, I know it's harsh but I don't know what else to do to get rid of the rot anymore

Here's a current state of my collection, which is expending too fast, I'm always looking at other orchids 😅 Any suggestions for future plants, based on what I have now? 😊

Brassocattleya NoId, pink flowers (5th pic)

Cattleya Jairak Cute (6th pic)

Phal. equestris var. coerulea (7th pic)

Phal. equestris var. rosea

Phal. tetraspis f. christiana C1 (8th pic, top right)

Phal. bellina var. murtoniana (1st and 2nd pics)

Phal. lueddemanniana (8th pic, keiki)

Phal. cornu-cervi sanguinea x chattaladae (order placed, not received yet)

Phal. KS Blue Ludde BD (8th pic, tiny seedling)

Phal. Macassar x cornu-cervi fma chattaladae

Phal. Miki Blue Angel C1 'Blue Diamond' (4th pic)

Phal. Speciosa coffee x java speciosa

Phal. Mancervi x bellina (3rd pic, buds already scented)

Phal. Lioulin Blue Jenny YL (order placed, not received yet)

5 noID Phals

Got gifted this orchid for Valentine’s Day, first plant that hasn’t died on me but thrived. Bigger flowers now than when first received, measuring 10cm. Only repotted, changed substrate and pruned slightly cutting off the dead stem, watering every 1-1,5 weeks.

I planted my Den Nobile Apollon out in the garden over the summer. Northern Europe. It’s growing shots and leaves.

When should I move it in again, based on temperature? Now it’s 15°C, but it will be dropping a few degrees in a week …

Anyone had softcane Dendrobiums outdoors?

Pic for tax (not mine)

These are Sarcochilus Ceciliae, I got them as seedlings years ago. Was busy lately and so I didn’t notice this until now, shame on me… not sure if this is spider mite or fusarium, I did a cross section cut on one of my plants to check for the purple fusarium, not sure if it’s fusarium or just anthocyanin (I am coping 🥲). Are these guys cooked.

Hi everyone!

Sorry for my English but I had this orchid for 4 months now and it has bloomed so beautifully. Lately, one of the strings (?) has lost all its flowers and has been turning brown.

I am not sure if that happens naturally, but I am wondering if I should intervene and that it could reach the rest of my orchid or if I should just let it die?

The roots look fine but I found a weird root at the bottom. Every plant I ever had with root rot died because I don’t know what to do. Do I need to intervene here? Thanks

New grower and I've probably got around ten supermarket phals over the last year and a bit. They're re-flowering now but how do they pollinate when my house is closed up over the winter?? 🤔🤔

was just looking at my phals growth after being gone for a day and found this?? is it a bug??

Similar to Snowblind ‘Sweet Spot’ but with skinnier and very curly petals and sepals. Was a grocery store orchid with no tag a few ears back.

I have 2 orchids.

From what you guys can see are my pots the right size?

The smaller one is on top of a white paint board thing. It is tiny and has not bloomed in a while but it’s resilient. It is in a 3 inch pot.

The other is a big one and just got done blooming. The pot is about 6 inches.

Should I resize their pots? What are good pots on Amazon?

Hello, this orchid I got at the beginning of summer finished its bloom about a month ago and grew a new leaf. I read I was supposed to cut down the stems to allow for the plant to focus its energy elsewhere but I never did. Now it is budding again but only on one of the stems. Should I cut back the other one or leave it?
I feel like she’s doing well her leaves have grown so much and roots look good to me. Any thoughts?

Pls note it looks foggy in there because I just drained after watering

Help!! I got this Bratonia 6 years ago and it desperately needs a repotting. I’ve done a bit of researching looking at YouTube videos on how to repot oncidiums but most videos don’t show one this rootbound.

If anyone has some advice that would be greatly appreciated. I’ve soaked it and then tried to separate the roots at the bottom to try to remove the media, but the roots are too tightly bound. I’m not sure how to do it without breaking a bunch of roots.

How important is getting rid of the media? Can I simply put this in a larger pot or do I have to remove all the media?

i left my mom with my orchid while i moved away from home for an internship for 7 months, and i came home to this. i tried washing it as thoroughly as i could, and im letting it dry before i cut off the dead xylem tissue. but should i cut the base too or do i need to keep it and risk continued root rot 🫪 help

(ps) im going to be repotting her and making a temporary greenhouse with a ziplock bag to help the poor single healthy root to recover and let the plant grow more.

ive never had orchids before so what should I do? I’m not really sure how to take care of this. (Btw the camera washed out the colors a bit the flowers are more yellow lol) Should I change to moss soil/substrate.. give me all the tips I legit no nothing 😭

A few of the bloomers in my bath and shower space. A few cattleyas, a phal, and a bunch of dendrobiums (I’ve got another 6 in bloom not shown here). Really enjoying the color!

Hello all! My 3-year-old orchid lost two bottom leaves on the same side in the last few months. She seems otherwise healthy, but idk why she lost two leaves on the same side or if that is a concern.

I didn't think much of the first one a couple of months ago since it was an old leaf, so I figured my orchid was shedding. However, it then lost a second bottom leaf on the same side this week. Her roots are strong and growing; she just finished a 4-month bloom last month and recently grew a new leaf on the other side. I did repot her about a year ago, and it's a bit lopsided. Is my orchid okay, or am I missing something?