Greetings from South Africa

[Viia]

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums and thought I'd introduce myself and my orchid

I live in South Africa and in March I got my first ever orchid (white phalenopsis). It's in a clear plastic container which sits in a plastic flower pot with rocks. The medium is moss. This is the way I got it but the medium is always moist (I end up watering once a month!) and the roots aren't healthy so I'm going to repot.

When I first got it all the flowers went limp and fell off (in a fairly random order) but when I decreased watering to once a month it grew 3 new buds (but new roots still turned mushy) so this is quite a strong little plants!

This is the only pic I have of it (I'm out of the country currently so can't take a full shot of it)


So anyways :P I look forward to learning about how to best care for my plant and to seeing everyone else's orchids!