I had an oops with the spike... Draping artfully didn't work out. I will stake it next time. I am using a Neofineta falcata to support the almost 2ft long spike. 26 blooms including the last bid I expect to open this week.

My husband surprised me with this phal from Trader Joe's a few weeks ago, and I immediately noticed it had this weird spot on one of the newer leaves. It hasn't grown or changed in any noticeable way, so I just assumed it was mechanical damage. But now I'm wondering if this could be a disease? Can anyone help me identify the issue and advise on how to treat?

The final blooms fell yesterday, so I trimmed the spike and I'll be re-potting and trimming those dessicated roots soon 😌.

It’s not fully open yet, but soon!!

These two got sick at the same time. Is this a virus?

Hello, I’m a beginner with Orchids and I got a couple of them a few months ago. I’ve been hesitating to make a post because I get anxious, but it got to a point where one of my plants suffered a lot and I want help to learn so it doesn’t happen again.

Recently I repotted them and one of them started to dry. Like first the stems and then the leaves. At first I thought it didn’t like the new soil but my other Orchid started thriving. Like it’s growing babies and looks brightly green, roots are chunky and the stems are strong.

Now that this one’s last leaves fell I noticed they were black in the center so I suppose water accidentally got inside the crown and caused it to rot. I took it out of the pot to check it and indeed it had rotting roots. I already cut them.

My main question is: Do yall think it can be saved? 😞 I really wouldn’t want to get rid of it. I really loved it’s flower. Some of the roots still look greeny but maybe yall can see something I don’t. And in case I can help it can you guys please instruct me on what to do?

Would love an ID, and maybe some care tips (I only have Phals) if they are different requirements than a Phal. Thanks!

She’s never really put out that many flowers, but they’re usually on the bigger side ~4” across. Just wanted to share:)

I love me some multi floral paphs, especially the summer blooming types. I have two that bloomed around the same time to each other due to the philippinense parentage in their genetics. The Saint Swithin hasn't bloomed in almost 3yrs. Last time, it bloomed 8 flowers on two fans and is doing it again with this spectacular show.

Crouching Tiger, I got in the orchid show of South Carolina from Marble Branch Farms. He always has great paphs for sale. This blooming came to a total of 10 flowers. Might be another 2yrs but as always I'll be looking forward to it.

Enjoy the show!

Miltoniopsis Breathless Fireworks Variable Pink

My only remaining flower on my encyclia alata. Cats got the other flowers I think. Its been growing on this coral rock for at least 20 years. Have another one growing on a fossil shell.

I fell in love with this orchid at my local grocery store. It had every right to be $33 but I can’t afford it right now. The caption is a joke…. Unless 🫣

But for real, just wanted to share this gorgeous plant with the rest of the world 😩

Has crispy and soft leaves and dry crumbly roots. Ik picture quality is not the best. I was in a rush. I gave it a soak with my zero water pitcher upon arrival.

This is the only orchid ive ever taken an interest to for the foliage. And i generally like lepenthes flowers so may source others locally.

I convinced a Chinese international cactus and succulent seller to ship this out for me. I gave instructions for better mode of shipping they said theyd follow but did not. I wanted all roots to be covered with lightly damp moss. Ik people have a hard time shipping these even if packing to arrival time is 4 days. Mine had roots dry for 14+ days. I will never do this again.

What is the usual rate of decline for this species. Ill look out for new growth but not optimistic

Many thanks

I have two mini phalenopsis bought at the same time. This is my first time having mini phals. Are keikis more common on mini phals?

I got this orchid as a gift at the beginning of June. For reference that one leaf was already damaged and there hasn't really been any visible change or rot, so I let it be. The two spikes were in bloom, with a few buds that haven't opened yet, some of which dried up, but from what I've seen so far (I'm still a newbie) that tends to happen when the environment changes.

What really surprised me is that a new leaf started growing while the orchid was in full bloom, which I see isn't what happens typically, but I guess it happens sometimes?

Recently one of the spikes lost its last flower, so I've cut the top part. Unsure if I should just give up on the spike entirely or cut lower, since the top has dried up and yellowed.

I've watered it and fertilized it regularly, with liquid fertilizer meant to be used while in bloom.

The new leaf was growing kind of awkwardly because of the position of the spike, so I moved things around a tad bit to have a bit more room to grow (also because the top of the crown had become tilted and I feared that the new leaf would just tilt the crown down even more, so what I did was move that big top leaves to be on the other side of the spike). Completely unsure if this is needed or not, or if the shop it was bought from just let it grow awkwardly.

Tonight I looked at the orchid to see how it's going and to adjust the new leaf again, as it has been growing at a steady pace and I notice from within the leaf... Another new leaf. So it has grown a second leaf while still blooming and the other leaf hasn't shown any signs of having stopped growing.

So now I'm wondering if my orchid is just really stressed? I know that new leaves can come out smaller because of it, but I still have no idea if the bigger one will fully stop growing. By the looks of it, it was still growing while this new one started growing as well, I just didn't notice it earlier because of the way the leaf was positioned (kind of too closed in for me to think to look inside basically). Do I leave that damaged leaf be? Do I cut off the ends of some of the aerial roots, because they look dry to me? I was waiting for it to stop being in bloom, as I keep seeing on this sub, but now I'm doubting myself. This orchid keeps surprising me, the only other one I have has been acting the way I read orchids do, like producing new leaves and roots after it has stopped blooming (long after in fact) and only growing a second new leaf after the first one has grown to full size. It's entirety possible that I got lucky and that one just didn't come as stressed as this one, even though I made the rookie mistake of cutting a lot of aerial roots that looked dry to me, while it was still in bloom.

Anyway, sorry for the ramble. Thank you in advance!

I don’t even know what kind of orchid this is! As you can see, parts of it seem healthy and parts of it seem dead. Should I separate it? I’ve had it about a year and had new growth where the live roots are. No blooms- it was blooming when I bought it but they died within about a week and I trimmed the flower stalk. It lives in a good orchid mix in an orchid pot, I just pulled it out to give it a medical exam.

heyyy, so I have had this orchid for 8ish years and about 5 years ago I got told to cut the stem off after several blooms. Years later it still hasn't produced a single stem or bloomed once. I have cut off all the rotten or dead roots and it's been a weeks since and it hasn't shown any real signs of it growing anymore other than a new leaf (5 leaves in total). any suggestions on how to kickstart it into growing again and hopefully getting it to bloom in the next year/

I recently just got my first orchid and i keep learning what not to do lol. As the title reads, i didn’t know i had to soak my orchid bark before repotting from the stores container. She’s already stressed from the first repotting but im not sure if i should soak based on the root color or start soaking a new batch of bark and repot her again. advice pls?

Hello everyone, do you think this girl still has a chance?🥲 I had to cut half of the roots cause they were dead (papery) while some of them had rot spots. I’m sad and confused🥲 I was so gentle with it but it still gave up on me, this is so frustrating😭

Had this plant for a few years and always got male flowers. This flowering I get a female spike AND a male spike. Should I pollinate?

Dactylorhíza baltica

This is my first bloom spike (!!!!) and I'm anxious to know how long I've got until it blooms. I first noticed the spike June 11th and this photo was taken today. I know the average time is 3 months soooo... mid September, does that sound right?

I bought this orchid at a plant nursery 4 days ago and I was just wondering if anyone has any advice to take care of it? It has buds so I haven’t changed the potting medium or put it into a new container besides placing what it came in into a terracota pot. I watered it the day I got it and today but other than that I haven’t done anything else. It’s my first time getting anything besides a phalaenopsis orchid so I’m just nervous about doing something wrong.

Does anyone know why my Vanda leaves coming out like this? This orchid has been doing it since I got it which is 3 years now. It has only ever had flowers once in three years. Plus I’ve never seen a Banda have 3 separate stems where the leaves come from so if anybody knows anything and could tell me I would appreciate it