| Sad Orchids
While I have been a member for a while now, I have never posted. The few Phal. orchids that I did and still have are doing surprisingly well. Well, now I have been given 2 dozen very sad looking plants of various species/hybrids. I am hoping to rehabilitate them so they will grow and bloom for me. I have never tried to grow these types before and would welcome any advice you can give me. Some of the plants had really bad looking roots, dried out, mushy, black, hollow roots. Only a few still have their tags attached, and the others will have to wait until they bloom for an ID. I have listed the ones that have their tags so you can tell me how I should grow/attempt to grow them in my zone 7A Northeast Arkansas climate. Which ones should get the chunky mix? Which ones should get the long fiber moss? Which ones should get something else?
Light conditions? Right now they are all outside under Plumeria trees and benches.
Which fertilizer do these get?
I will post pictures of the ones I am not sure of later as the camera memory is full.
The following have tags:
Phrag.Cape Sunset in 4" pot
Cattleya?
LC.(Tokyo Magic x Sc.Beaufort)#1 x Blc. Fuch's Orange Nugget "MT.View
Dendrobium?
D707 D White Lightening x Muang Thai
Phal Wedding Promenade
Phal Margarita Lime
NOID Vanda in an 8" basket. The plant is about 12" tall.
The others appear to be several of the same type.
Even though the plants were given to me for free, they do look like they will survive given the chance. They have some new growth and many good looking roots with green tips.
Andi  |