What do I do?
My orchid had root rot.. here is what’s left. It is still growing but there are no roots and the leaves are looking really pathetic.
2ft to light, indirect
5” pot without drainage
Last watered 2 days ago
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Best Answer
That’s too bad, but on the good side it’s using what energy it has stored to grow a keiki (plantlet). Don’t trim the spike nor the leaves. That small growth will need to suck all the energy from them that it can to develop its own roots. You can help the plantlet by wrapping a small amount of sphagnum moss around the base and keeping it moist, try not to get moisture in the crown (keep that part dry). If you can coax it to 3 leaves with 3 roots that are 3 inches long, you’ll have a clone of the original.