Mini Orchid Save/Repot
It looks like this is Orchidia's last bloom. My first plant I ever got! How do I repot her && will she be good & bloom again? Any advice would help!! #OrchidLovers #OrchidOrg #Orchid #help #helpneeded #repot ting
2” pot without drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
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She will bloom again with plenty of indirect light, water weekly or every ten days, put it in a mix of orchid soil, some sphagnum moss and perlite, give it a bit of fertilizer and she will be happy 😊 I have a humidifier going near my plants and they are happy. They won’t bloom again without enough light. Good luck with your beautiful plant 🤗
Hey, Sunshinegirl! Your orchid is so cute!
You don't really need to repot - if it's been doing that well, I'd keep on keeping on.
You can cut off the brown parts that have died back; they won't grow back.
With proper care, your orchid can bloom again! I have found that my orchids tend to put out flower stems right after a cold snap. I usually get a few blooms in the spring and summer. (:
My orchids have been in that pot for about two years. I combined several smaller orchids into one pot so I didn't have so many to water. 😉
You don't really need to repot - if it's been doing that well, I'd keep on keeping on.
You can cut off the brown parts that have died back; they won't grow back.
With proper care, your orchid can bloom again! I have found that my orchids tend to put out flower stems right after a cold snap. I usually get a few blooms in the spring and summer. (:
My orchids have been in that pot for about two years. I combined several smaller orchids into one pot so I didn't have so many to water. 😉
Of course it will rebloom if you take good care of it. Give it some time 😀 repotting depends. Sometimes the phals are already quite some time in their pots, when they are bought. Add to that the fact that the nursery plug might never have been taken off or they have not received optimal care during their time in the shop (both can happen), and a repot is in order. You just cannot know all that, so I have started to always repot my new orchids, at the latest when the bloom has finished.
Later that is a different matter, since you at least know, what kind of medium the plant is in and how you have cared for it, but even then a repot every 2-3 years is a good idea if you use an organic medium. Or faster even, depending on what you use.
For great videos and advice on repotting (and so much more), Ican recommend miss orchid girl on youtube.
Basically you soak the roots, carefully remove all the old medium from the roots (if possible), cut off dead roots (only the mushy ones! Test with your fingers. And only cut into dead tissue, as close to the live tissue as possible) and then... repot with a good orchid medium. The pot size should fit the roots in my opinion, so that you do not overwater.
Also, if you cut the flower spike, use sterilized Scissors only. Always, when you cut into life tissue. I would wait until the last blossom is gone and then cut the entire spike, so that the Orchid can fully focus on leaf and root growth.
Later that is a different matter, since you at least know, what kind of medium the plant is in and how you have cared for it, but even then a repot every 2-3 years is a good idea if you use an organic medium. Or faster even, depending on what you use.
For great videos and advice on repotting (and so much more), Ican recommend miss orchid girl on youtube.
Basically you soak the roots, carefully remove all the old medium from the roots (if possible), cut off dead roots (only the mushy ones! Test with your fingers. And only cut into dead tissue, as close to the live tissue as possible) and then... repot with a good orchid medium. The pot size should fit the roots in my opinion, so that you do not overwater.
Also, if you cut the flower spike, use sterilized Scissors only. Always, when you cut into life tissue. I would wait until the last blossom is gone and then cut the entire spike, so that the Orchid can fully focus on leaf and root growth.
@Ninabeena thank you! && yes since summer is upon us she is sure to receive sufficient light! I have perlite but have to purchase the moss & orchid soil. Is orchid bark different from orchid soil? Thanks for being so helpful!
@sarahsalith thank you so much for your advice! && props on the screenshot! Great help! I'm so nervous to repot her for I have absolutely no idea how to & don't want to hurt her. So for now I guess I will keep her in her original && snip the dead parts as you suggested. 🤞🏻
Waah, just know noticed the other pictures 🤦♀️
Yes. Repot. It is in a nursery plug. Those things can get deadly over time. They are supposedly great for the seedlings, but I have never met one that did not another the roots later on. You can see all the new roots around it. I am pretty certain that inside is a zone of death. And all it takes with those things is a bit of wrong watering and you have rot that can easily spread to the stem, which would be very bad.
My advice: get some good medium and a slightly bigger pot, , watch one or two good repot videos (e.g. by miss orchid girl) and enjoy your growing plant
Yes. Repot. It is in a nursery plug. Those things can get deadly over time. They are supposedly great for the seedlings, but I have never met one that did not another the roots later on. You can see all the new roots around it. I am pretty certain that inside is a zone of death. And all it takes with those things is a bit of wrong watering and you have rot that can easily spread to the stem, which would be very bad.
My advice: get some good medium and a slightly bigger pot, , watch one or two good repot videos (e.g. by miss orchid girl) and enjoy your growing plant
@MusicalRedmint you know I was wondering if I should take the plastic pot off (know I know it's called a nursery pot), but she was thriving so I left it on. Should you always remove the nursery pot? I also never removed it for the glass pot they come in has no drainage. Is drainage a necessity? Thank you for your advice & help. I'm still learning a lot! 😁
Not the plastic is the problem, the sorry excuse for "soil" is. As long as the plastic pot has good drainage leave it. The provoke ist the soil itself. Phal roots grow on bark or stone. They like it airy. Most people imitate that by growing them in barkchips with just a bit of moss. Our even bare rooted. Touch that plug and imagine what this does to roots inside. Also, if it gets too wet it is like and old soaked sponge, touching the stem of your orchid directly. And once the stem starts to rot its game over in the majority of cases
But Yes. Drainage and air are everything for orchids - as stated above. In most cases they die because of too much water in the wrong place (leaves, crown stem) or just too much water, which should the organic medium faster, prevents air from reaching the roots, promoting rot. If the pot has no drainage, and the plastic pot sits smugly in it, I would think this is too risky. Also, if the picture is any indication the decorative pot also prevents air coming to the roots with this close of a fit
@SUNSHiNEPLANTS orchid bark is just the bark but the mix usually has some perlite and a bit of moss. I add more perlite and a touch more moss and I wet it first to see if it’s the right consistency that is airy and well draining.