| SShide77 - Your orchid isn't really in that bad of shape. The broken roots are quite common when buying an orchid but they are still functioning but I would trim PART of the broken ones off. Trim just the really long ones, not the shorter ones. Dab the end of the cut with cinnamon to seal the wound. Try to keep the cinnamon off any part of the root but the cut end. After the cinnamon is dry, you can repot.
You can get the Bayer 3 in 1 product at any box store. It is a fungicide/mitecide/fertilizer combo and it is systemic. After you water the plant, you can pour this through the media and the roots will absorb the product and send it through the plant system. You can also use it on the foliage if you want.
If it were my plant, I would skip the Bayer - it really isn't in bad shape and just a repotting in new media will be all it needs to rebound.
Brooke |