Sonora

Phalaenopsis Orchid

window-orientation NE
4.5" pot
pot-drainage No drainage
pot-type Glass
soil-type Water
outdoor-plant Indoor
near-humidifier Near humidifier

Posts About Sonora

The Unorthodox Orchid - a tale of trauma, recovery and learning that one size never fits all. My gal Sonora (named for the neighboring desert, because I can't bring myself to call her Chihuahua 😭) was gifted to me three birthdays ago just after my dad died. I've always had terrible luck with orchids and figured this one would wither and die too, but with some research figured out my biggest mistakes (sunburns, fertilizer burns, root root) and toward the end of last summer she grew a huge new leaf in record speed along with a beautiful flower stalk. Then came the mouse. At first I thought my toddler had somehow gotten into the window sill and managed to surgically pluck a single flower. The problem there being I never found the flower, and two days later the other had suffered the same fate. I was baffled until the huge hole showed up in her new leaf, nibbled in a perfect half circle. I moved her to a less accessible place, and that's when we really put her mettle to the test. My husband tried to swat a fly on her, splitting another leaf down from the center. Then I somehow managed to stab her with my fingernail, leaving yet another big hole and me wondering if there are recorded cases of plant abuse in the law books. If not, I might be a contender. After all this, she lives, but I could not keep her hydrated to save my life. It took me a lot of experimentation and advice from the awesome #greggers before I threw up my hands and said "if you're that thirsty, drink up, buttercup." So now she's an aquatic orchid. I can only guess that my specific arid region lets me get away with it, and yes, I do take her out of the water at night lest she just. Rot. Her leaves are filled out again, the split stopped spreading, and her roots are FINALLY green after spending the better part of a year ashy gray. TL;DR orchids are actually resilient asf and sometimes, if all the usual methods aren't working, try something crazy and see what happens Β―\_(ツ)_/Β― #phalaenopsisorchid #orchidlovers #orchidcare #backfromthedead #plantrecovery

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