| Orchid damage
Hi,
I live in a student house, and recently one of my house-mates knocked my poor orchid onto the floor (believe me he has suffered for this), the most established flower stem snapped off completely (it was a clean break at a fork in the stem) and in the last few days one leaf has started turning completely black/yellow. One tiny growing shoot remains and hasn't shown any improvement/growth since the damage. My main concern is that the plant seems to be 'bleeding' in a way, clear fluid leaking from the wound. The plant was not in bloom at the time, I think it has recently begun it's new growing period.
It's grown in a plastic pot in proper orchid mix, in the bottom of the pot is some gravel so that it never sits directly in water, I will admit to not misting it and it isn't that humid for it. I'm in Sunderland, UK so it's fairly cool temperature wise.
Is it terminal? What can I do to nurse the poor thing back to health? I'm wondering if the dying leaf needs removal to save the plants energy.
Any help appreciated!  |