orchid revival

[JYM]

Hello! Im going to limit myself to the two most pressing questions for now.

Hopefully there are two pictures attached to this post if i did it right

in pic one. should I try to cut away the rotting plant tissue? or just let it dry out and hope for the best? I have three others in the same boat as the one in the shot.

and in picture two. the mother plant's new growth rotted out but the plant is still alive and has sent out a (keiki if thats the right word?) i was wondering if i should separate it from the original plant or leave it attached for now.

Thanks!
JIM

[katrina]

The pictures aren't showing up. Try again.

[JYM]

hmmm. every time I try to edit the attachments it only uploads halfway. does that mean the file is too big?

Sorry, I'm a noob

[Dendian]

Yes - if your pictures are still the original size you took them in the internet connection can time out while the program online tries to reduce your picture to the specified limit. It is best if you can adjust it to the limits (I think its around 600x600 for jpg - when you download them it will tell you). If you have a PC and need a free really cool picture editing program try paint.net (www.paint.net). Its very powerful - and customizable - and free!

[Bolero]

Another alternative is to use a program like Photobucket as well and you paste the link the photo in here. That works well for me.

And still another option, if you have Microsoft Outlook, you can right click the photo and select 'sent to' from the menu. Then when it goes to add to the email it will give you the option of resizing the photo. This actually does a great job of compression. When the photo is in the email you can right click on the picture attachment and save it back to your harddrive as the resized image. Change the name though so you don't overwrite your original picture.

Paint.net is also very good as Dendian says above.

[JYM]

pics are up now!

[Amblnc38]

Cut away anything that's squishy and dead. It's unlikely it'll dry and may invite bacteria.

I think you have an aerial root growing there, not a kieke. I'd leave it be.

Is that stem flowering?

[-k-]

Mushy roots can be removed, as for the kieki I would leave it attached, it seems to be already a nice size If I am seeing things correctly.

[Amblnc38]

Yeah, apparently I can't see today. Both plants look healthy...so I wouldn't worry about it.

[11Orchid126]

As amblnc38 says above, cut away all the squishy, mushy roots. You make have hardly any roots left. This plant has been overwatered.

In the second picture I see the keiki at the top of the picture, a root and a spike from a previous bloom. If the roots of this plant are okay, leave any keiki or the old flower spike alone and let the mother plant take care of them as long as possible. Once it's done it's duty and the baby is large enough to stand on its own, the mother plant will go to orchid heaven and the baby will take over.