Hello all!
I just did a nice thorough check/soak on all my orchids and am so so so sos os os so pleased that most of my orchids are doing very well!
Mini phal - Was disappointed because I saw no new growth, or deterioration for 3 months. Decided to take a peek at the roots, and also took the chance to repot him in his original plastic clear pot so I can check on him, and saw that he has had some nice root growth underneath the bark! Yippee!
NoID phal from home depot - The black tips on the ends of the roots have now exploded into nice green looking roots! Awesome!!
The Dendrobium/phal "genting glory" I posted a while ago about new growth has continued to grow and I just noticed some nubbins in the end of the new cane, ROOTS! I'll probably buy a small clear container for him and repot when his roots get to be 3" or so.
And I also picked up a paph, unfortunately the nursery is about 2 hours away so he encountered some sunburn on the drive back home, but he should be just fine. It's a paph supersuk x raisin pie. My research on this board indicates that there can be some color variations on this guy, so I'm excited to see what the bloom will look like.
Sadly, the phal hakalau ruler x blanca grande is not doing so well and I suspect a virus. There is a black dot on smack dab in the middle of the crown, which is not indicitive of crown rot as the lower portion still looks ok. It literally looks like someone took a black marker and made a black spot in the middle of the crown. His roots have slowly died back due to the root rot when I bought him and the leaves are now starting to fall off as he can't support them. I haven't decided if I'm going to fight for him as I don't want to risk infecting my other orchids. I'm frustrated because I bought him at a grower and should have checked the roots more. Ah well. Lesson learned.
Thanks again everyone for your suggestions, advice, and encouragement for a beginner. I sure never thought I could keep orchids in Colorado! Honestly orchid growing has helped my other houseplants as well, learning to "read" the plant rather than just watering because it "looks" dry.
Anyways, sorry for the long post but I am very excited and I showed my husband every new growth on my orchids, I'm sure he enjoyed that
Update on Phals, dens, and Paphs
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