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Old 12-26-2016, 02:46 PM
Deena Deena is offline
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I have a similar problem to you... I've had my orchid for a month or so and the roots outside of the bark and pot are dry and soft a little... But the roots inside the pot are green and ok...
Can anyone help me?
It's pretty common for orchids to have this, especially if the local humidity is low. I keep a spray bottle with diluted solution of orchid fertilizer and spray the aerial roots several time a week, especially in mornings and afternoons when the photosynthesis rate is high. This helps keep the air roots alive, not dried out, and even visibly branching out and growing new roots. It's a bit of extra work though.

Normally the orchid would be watered by rain if it was growing outside like they do in the wild, and all of its roots would get some waer, but when we grow orchids in pots only the roots in the pot end up getting watered and the roots sticking outside get no water and start to slowly dry and shrivel away. Periodically spraying them from a spray bottle helps with this issue.
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