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As predicted my brassidium is dying

All the flowers fell off. The leaves look fine, but the pot is full of green stuff. Should I get rid of the green stuff? HOW?
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What kind of green stuff? Freshly watered roots will be green.

Could you resize your pics so we can see the plant better?

Flowers will fall off in time. This is natural.
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If it is a new plant to your collection it may lose it's flowers because it is adjusting to a new environment.
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... the pot is full of green stuff. Should I get rid of the green stuff? HOW?
live moss?
algae?
algae on old sphagnum?
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Nena can you get a pic of what's in the pot? This will be most helpful.

Truthfully I don't think you're plant is dying. It's just adjusting to the new eviroment like Cassier said. As for the green stuff, have not a clue without a pic, but it sounds like algae.
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Don't know how much u can see from these oics?
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Definitely algae, and maybe moss around the roots there at the base of the orchid; can't quite tell with the photo focus. It won't hurt your orchid. If it bothers you, you can add Physan to your water and get rid of the algae. That is...until it comes back.

Otherwise your orchid looks very healthy!!
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it's a bit hard to tell - it might be algae.

what medium is this potted in?

and i don't think the plant is dying at all, just adjusting. the PSBs look healthy regardless. the blooms may have fallen off naturally due to adjusting to the environment or it had met it's duration.

either way, i think your plant is still good.
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