Dead roots????

[m_ms09]

Hey there!

Maybe you are overwatering? I don't know if you watered prior to removing the plant and taking that photo, but if not, those roots are realllly wet. My Miltassia's have fine white roots. Yours could be waterlogged.

How often do you water?

Just a thought!

[VickiC]

Hi!
Thanks for your help.....I'm learning more and more, little by little. I just wish I could learn faster, so that I wouldn't continue to be an "orchid murderer"!
Vicki




QUOTE=nenella;198603]Viki I agree with what Nicole has told you above. I pinch & soak too to find out when I'm not 100%.
Best way as far as I am concerned!
Another thing you can do is to soak in rooting hormone to provoke new roots eg: KLN[/QUOTE]

[VickiC]

Hi Ema,
Both overwatering AND underwatering seem to be problems for me. I really, really wish I could find that "happy medium". Unfortunately, much of the time I either drown a plant or thirst it to death. As for this one, you're most likely correct about me overwatering it, although the reason the roots look extremely wet in the picture is because I moistened them just before so I could see if any turned green when wet. I read somewhere that a person is not a senior orchid grower until they have killed their weight in plants. I'm certainly on my way.

Thanks for your reply,
Vicki

Originally Posted by m_ms09

Hey there!

Maybe you are overwatering? I don't know if you watered prior to removing the plant and taking that photo, but if not, those roots are realllly wet. My Miltassia's have fine white roots. Yours could be waterlogged.

How often do you water?

Just a thought!

[m_ms09]

Originally Posted by VickiC

Hi Ema,
Both overwatering AND underwatering seem to be problems for me. I really, really wish I could find that "happy medium". Unfortunately, much of the time I either drown a plant or thirst it to death. As for this one, you're most likely correct about me overwatering it, although the reason the roots look extremely wet in the picture is because I moistened them just before so I could see if any turned green when wet. I read somewhere that a person is not a senior orchid grower until they have killed their weight in plants. I'm certainly on my way.

Thanks for your reply,
Vicki

Hey there!
With Miltassias as well as other similar orchids it's pretty easy to care for them in terms of watering. Water when the media's dry. It's really that easy! Miltassias and most others in the Oncidium alliance have pseudobulbs that store water and nutrients. I'd be more worried about overwatering than not watering enough!

[Ray]

It is important to understand that to epiphytic orchids, getting sufficient air to the root system is as-, if not more important than watering.

You might find my article on Air Management to be of value.