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As predicted my orchid has lost all of its leaves today :-(. Very sad. Does this mean it died? I just read leela's thread, her plant had leaves but no roots and it survived, so I am guessing as long as they have leaves they can survive, but without leaves it can't, is that right? Do I have to bury it now, or is there anything else I can do for it? (sniff)
Sandra, I don't really know how long the flowers last because when I bought it a month ago it was already blooming. Right after I got it the top buds started wilting and dropping, so I changed the location so it would get more light and the AC would not hit it. The main branch kept wilting, it turned kind of purplish-brownish, buds kept dropping, but then it seemed to recover, 2 buds started opening and one opened completely. A few days later they wilted, too. So I assumed these were signs of something adverse and assumed root rot or an infection. That's when I cut the main branch and re-pottet it in bark. At that time it showed no sign of unhealthy leaves. I chose to use bark because I read they recommend it for newbies like myself.
Now I really don't know whether to re-pot my other phal or not. I'm worried the same thing might happen to it. It's not wilted, but has no more flowers. I have not cut the stem (branch) yet, it's green so I don't know if I'm supposed to. It hasn't grown any leaves since I got it. Any suggestions?
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