Dear Orchid Experts,
I have just joined the forum and have so many questions and would really appreciate any help/guidance you can provide!
I have had a mini dendrobium for some time but I suspect that is is not very healthy.
1. Even though some of the canes are plump, a lot of them are blackish color. Please see picture 1 "whole plant". You can see that the far right cane is black near the top. There is a keikis growing out of the top but is has been black for a long time, before the keikis appeared.
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2. Also the stems are covered in a lot of "skin" and a number of the stems have never grown leaves since i bought the plant. A number of them are shriveled as well. Please see pic 2 "near roots"
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3. Lastly, I was really excited because I noticed that some of the stems are growing keikis! I thought this would be a great opportunity to make new plants that are healthy from the start. However, one of the keikis seem to be sick already... the underside of one of the leaves look white-ish and there are a few brown spots. I am not sure if it is scale? or some other pest?
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4. In taking these pictures I was also very clumsy and broke one of the stems off... =(. I heard that it may be possible to grow keikis from the broken cane... does anyone know how i can do this? Please see picture 4...
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Does anyone know how I can better take care of my orchid and save it??
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP!
Regards,
Clumsy Worried Newbie...