HELP-Something is wrong with my orchid!

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Looks like a mold or fungus. Try a fungiside, then wash off with dawn soap and water, rinse. Cut out the affected leaves, re-pot in a regular terracotta pot, and put outside in open but semi-shaded area. the little leaf will grow.

Patrice - take John's advice; but when you re-pot, make sure you use orchid potting mix. It isn't like soil - it's mostly bark. You will be amazed at how healthy your plant will become - mine bloomed twice in one year!

I agree with John.the plant has a fungus.I would recommend the same .but repot it in a clean pot that has been wash to avoid the same problem.

As well as John's (and other) advice, snip off dead/dried up roots and any roots that may NOT look dried and brown but are mushy to the feel. Then look at the top of the plant. Besides root rot, orchids can develop crown rot.

This is easily avoided by ... when watering your orchid, some water may settle in the "base" of the leaves (the little spot from where they sprout off the main center of the plant) - simply twirl up some Kleenex or paper towel into a little point. Then insert it in that little groove where the water can collect. The paper will absorb the water and you will avoid crown rot. Orchids are, surprisingly, resilient plants! Good luck.

Either too much water or nor enough. Think about where Orchids come from.They grow on trees in the jungle and do not like wet feet.They also like a little dose of Orchid food occasionally.Bright light, but no direct sun.

Google instructions on how to handle Orchids.

You also need an orchid specific pot. The link provided is great. Also, look up a photo of orchid pots. They have nothing but holes. This, with ORCHID SOIL - black gold brand is great, you should be able to save your beauty.

One ICE cube a week is all we put in our orchid and it will bloom a couple of times a year. ....never over-watered!

My fungicide of choice is Neem oil. And keep any of your tools absolutely clean. Wipe them down with the oil if you aren't sure. Fungus sends spores into the air. And yes, don't overwater. But keep the humidity up. Try a humidity tray below your new pot. (Flat tray filled with pebbles and water below the pot).

Definitely get it out of that pot and clean ALL the medium from it immediately. Be very careful when messing with it and don't lose the leaves. An orchid needs good drainage and cannot stand in water at all. The ice cube a week is the best advice. A Phalaenopsis loves a medium mix with orchid mix, perlite and a little sphagnum moss. Soak the mix overnight and then place enough in the bottom of the pot to bring your crown to pot level. Then gently pack in the mixture around the roots. The advise of clipping off the dead roots is a good one and make sure you dip your clippers in alcohol before you trim. It is, in fact, resilient and should come back.

Orchids are from the rain forest. The do not like the ice temperature. It is a shock to the plant. They like tepid water. I keep mine in a double pot system, An inner pot with drainage holes in the bottom and a decorative pot on the outside. I only use the bark type orchid soil. Once a week I fill the two pots with tepid water and let the bark soak for 10 to 15 minutes. The inner pot is then taken out and allowed to drain for 15 minutes. The inner pot is them put back in the drained outer pot. We only occasionally fertilize if we think about it. Our orchids sit on the kitchen counter in front of the south window and are very happy and usually bloom three times a year.

When youn water don't leave water in pot. Water let sit a few monutes the drain.

I can't help, but I'm here to tell you what I have learned......I got me an orchid and it has NEVER bloomed......what is up with that? It is beautiful, as far as it growth and leaves. I read somewhere Epsom salts for them and different plants. It is still doin' wonderful but NO buds, blooms for flowers. I have almost 40 some plants in my house and this one is the ONLY one who isn't thriving as it should. I NEED the help??????????

I didn't read all the answers, but what I would add is make sure it is a pot with drainage so excess water can escape.

My orchids came with instructions to use 3 ice cubes. I measured the water, it equals close to a 1/3 cup each cube. I too didn't like putting ice on a tropical so I water mine with room temp water once a week. The pots have drainage hole, I've had mine rebloom many times in the years I've had them.

Reading all these posts, there's definitely some good advice going on. If you don't like the idea of using store bought fungicid, you can make your own. Take a bottle of 70% alcohol that you can buy at the drugstore and add 3 tbsp, ground cinnamon. Shake well. Let it rest for 24 hours. Strain with a coffee filter or paper towels. You now have a mild, non-toxic fungicde you can use on your orchids.

My orchids flower all year... carefully clean the leaves of mould, be careful not to reinfect the plant; change the orchid mix soil and bigger clay pot. Feed with Seaweed/Epsom Salts, weak mixture for the magnesium that the soil lacks, and rotate different food mixtures; not too wet, sunlight too

I have discovered full-water culture for my orchids, no bark or soil. Lots of info online about how to do it. It brought one back from near death that leaves were yellow and wilted, it is now doing well and growing new roots and yesterday I noticed a new leaf starting! I also use rain water instead of tap water, and a half-strength solution of orchid fertilizer, and change the water every 3-4 days

Awesome information! Any ideas on how to get it to get the stem to grow and bloom? The leaves look great, but I have nothing in the bloom department. Thanks!

I do almost nothing except give mine a little drink about every 10 days. When the blooms died, i cut back the stem and it bloomed again within a couple of months. Then a new stem grew and is starting to bloom again. Maybe I just have good luck?

Go on You Tube. There are many articles on Orchids and they are very informative. Good Luck!