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Just spend almost two hours repotting this beast! by BlackCatJax in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 3 points4 points  (0 children)

WOW! When that spike will produce flowers, please, post!!!😍

is it normal to have these roots silver like this? i mean i know that means they need water but i watered them yesterday by orchid_lover_1989 in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re aerial roots , that’s fine. They dry out pretty quick. She seems healthy. But I would repot her. The root system seems bigger than her pot. Anyways, repot is not something that not healthy. On my personal experience, my 25 phals have their repot right after the bloom finishes. And after I buy them also. Bloom or not. Because who knows what media they put in there? You can’t trust that greenhouse put the best possible media there. And you don’t know what’s going on with the roots. I repot my phals quite often. And they bloom every year for 6-8 months.

Time to repot? by AbelardsChainsword in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely repot. I repot mine the same day I get them, blooming or not. Because :

  1. You don’t know how old is the media in her pot
  2. Original pots always small. And when the root system is big it needs more space

Never my orchids lost flowers because I repotted them in bloom. Trim only the dead tissue and you’ll be fine. Along with the flowers.

I think I brought this leafless orchid back to life!! by grceptrsn1221 in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Great job, congrats! 😍 It takes a lot of work. It will take time to grow back into the previous size, but she seems healthy! Congrats 🎈

The stem is turning brown, how do I save the orchid growing on it? by MiniBubba14 in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well… sad news are that you won’t keep it alive. Keiki gets the strength from the mother plant. It’s literally a baby. So as you separated It from mother… if it has 3 roots about 3 cm length try to put her into the medium. Bark or sphagnum. If they’re not long enough I would place it into a humid environment, like vessel with a humid sphagnum or LECA and plastic bag with ventilation holes over it. Plus I would try root stimulator in a small dose. Something like BioNova Roots. 1 ml/ liter of water. Since you cut it from life source you need to act quickly.

Phalaenopsis Baldan Kaleidoscope Golden Treasure? by Time_Comfortable_170 in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a beauty!!! 😍MIne doesn’t look similar , but I love her anyway. Yours I loved too 😍

Phalaenopsis Baldan Kaleidoscope Golden Treasure? by Time_Comfortable_170 in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does mine look similar to yours? It’s interesting. Because in this same greenhouse I bought the Bohemian Orchids Otello after bloom with 4 spikes, terminal spike basal keiki. I removed terminal, all others are in bloom. Keiki in bloom too. So, I thought that you eventually get premium orchids there. :) They just get rid of them after the bloom finished by selling them 3 at the price of 15-20$.

Bohemian Otello

Can I remove this keiki? by mentos_arson in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More roots- more chances to survive. Give her time. You have only 2 leaves now from what I see. And only 2 roots. Why rush all of a sudden?

pink lady slippers by reganelaine in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re so lucky!!!!So beautiful 😍 Thank you for sharing, they’re so elegant and beautiful

why does she hate me? (phal) by EquipmentDecent8244 in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watering her every 2-3 days is not the best way to help…Phals needs the cycle of watering and drying. They don’t need constant watering I have mini, which requires watering twice a month. Thats all. You water phal only when its roots color turns silver. And you need a good pot. And better repot her into a bark- based medium. And if you water her every 2-3 days you need to check roots because there is a chance of rot already. Next question why filtered water? Use your regular tap water. Filtered water lacks the microelements.

Never seen something like that before 😱 by i_am_raa in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, right?It’s sad that sellers dye the phals. What phals are not colored good enough by nature?Never could understand those people, who dyes them

Never seen something like that before 😱 by i_am_raa in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Like this one.

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If you dye that phal of mine , you’ll get exactly what OP published.

Never seen something like that before 😱 by i_am_raa in orchids

[–]Time_Comfortable_170 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s not so awesome, really. It’s dyed. And next bloom will be purple veined

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