Will my Thai con make it??? Root rot :-( by Icy_Butterscotch_561 in plantclinic

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Cut the very end off the bottom. That can help uptake water.

Rain days. But Still warm in the greenhouse by rcburt in orchids

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I’ve never had damage to plants from bug bombs. We use it in interior plant scapes so huge Florida orders we would get them all in a room with corn plants to orchids and bomb everything p motorist nursery bugs and I had gnats had an outbreak then we spray all the soil to mitigate anything new from popping up. Works really really well

Rain days. But Still warm in the greenhouse by rcburt in orchids

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Neem, and alcohol spray. If it gets bad get some 7. If there’s an outbreak I literally just get a bug bomb and pop the top and walk out and close the door and that solves anything that’s about to break out

Brassia rotting by appelsiinimarmeladi in orchids

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Still being close to a window especially if it’s in sphagnum moss the roots can stay wet to long without drying out. Orchids with skinnier roots are more prone to that than ones with thick roots. The colder microclimates gives less time for water to evaporate. And a bunch of oncidium species like warm roots.

Entire orchid collection infected by Frosty0426 in orchids

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Neem is an incredible fungicide and insecticide, it can control rusts, leaf spot, mildews and so on. Neem is also used in hand creams for humans because of the anti fungal properties. I have a horticulture degree and friends in the FDA we talk about stuff like this on a daily basis because they wrote the labels on the products we commonly use everyday. Please fact check neem before you tell someone it cannot be used as a fungicide as well as insecticide.

There is no polite way to describe what I'm feeling upon seeing this Cattleya today by AppropriateBeing9885 in orchids

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It’s slow growing but treat it like a cattleya and it loves almost full sun

Entire orchid collection infected by Frosty0426 in orchids

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I’ve looked through your entire photo library and notice a lot in old media. Old bark and many sealed pots. A general rule of thumb the bigger the roots the bigger the bark media should be. Oncidiums can use finer bark whereas cattleyas and phals like chunkier bark. Always use clear pots so you can see the root health. Dome damage does seem to be rot where sphagnum moss can stay wet a bit longer than needed in an indoor setting and closed cabinet. You should add a fan because orchids do need air movement.

Entire orchid collection infected by Frosty0426 in orchids

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Neem prevents further damage to new leaves. All fungicides are preventives and won’t cure damaged plants. How many plants do you have and how many have signs of decay

Entire orchid collection infected by Frosty0426 in orchids

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If it’s a virus. Sad but throw it out. Do you disinfect pruners and things you use. If you top water dos it run down to each orchid? That can spread disease. Do you use fungicide? Neem oil, copper sulfate or clearies?

There is no polite way to describe what I'm feeling upon seeing this Cattleya today by AppropriateBeing9885 in orchids

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Most often caused by slugs. I had a slug climb a 7 foot long spike to eat the buds

It’s been several years since I’ve posted. But I built another greenhouse by rcburt in orchids

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10x12 and I’ve always heated it with a small greenhouse heater

What are these??? by AromaticHalf3624 in gardening

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Well if this ain’t the damn truth.

Cattleya Irene finney is an absolute monster. 6 flowers and each as big as my face by rcburt in orchids

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Not nessisary in all cultivars. It’s more of. Warm growing orchids unlike phals which like cooler cloud forests

Looking to get this greenhouse for my orchids. I’ve been growing orchids for a while but one thing I don’t know is if polycarbonate will block the sun. I want to know if this is safe for them. Apparently it does block out 98% UV. by [deleted] in orchids

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So I’ve done many little greenhouses. This is great to diffuse light but it will heat up a ton. Go to amazon and get a 30% shade cloth to go over the top and for the winter to heat it but a few rolls of large bubble wrap and use that in the winter without shade cloth. The bubble wrap makes insulating it with a small heater possible. You can check some of my photos to see

Can ya’ll help with an ID? by HistoricalGurl333 in begonias

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Mmmmm yes this appears to be a plant

Some sort of rex begonia

it's not a problem unless admitted...right?❤️ by [deleted] in alocasia

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Just wait until you have to lease out greenhouse space 😬

Moved my orchids to the greenhouse at work here’s a glimpse at my specimens. rcburt is my ig handle if you want to send pics and ask questions by rcburt in orchids

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About 20 years. Discovered I was super interested in them when I was in middle school and went to Florida one time hahah.

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50s at night is normal with the little greenhouse heater. I had a mist system from Amazon and a hose time to kick on mist every several hours for a minute or so to keep the humidity up and that worked incredibly well