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Old 06-30-2009, 07:32 PM
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You've gotten good advice from vcuchick on how to care for your ailing oncid.

But I want to add this: I've never over-fertilized an orchid, but in my days growing tropicals I did once accidentally overfertilize a jasmine. It took months to die-- collapsing and shriveling, then trying to recover with some new growth, collapsing again, repeat, repeat. So the outcome may be poor no matter what you do.

Fertilize now? Never fertilize an ailing plant. Let it recover and start to grow, then you can fertilize again. As vcuchick said WEAKLY. Fertilize orchids at 1/4 the strength on the label.
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