Hi,
I'm new to this site, and am hoping to get some good advice. The cleaning lady at work who loves flowers always brings abandoned plants to me. This time she brought me an orchid but it looks like it was put in regular potting soil, the pot is clear glass and there is tons of dead root and algae and the only live root seems to be the few that are growing above the soil. I attached images of both (hope I used the attachment thing correctly). honestly it looks pretty disgusting.
I have the feeling that I ought to repot this plant but I'm a bit nervous about it due to all the dead roots beneath the soil and I'm sure I can't just take the plant from the top. I noticed another new root growing above the soil today, so this one is definitely a fighter
I wondered does anyone have any advice on approaching how to rehabilitate this plant? I'm not even sure what type of orchid it is, so I guess it's referred to as a noid
Thanks so much!
Caroline
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