Just got my first orchid, a Phalaenopsis--and I have no idea what to do now... :)

[johnblagg]

sounds like they were very mistreated and handled very roughly at the party.....

I am going to venture a guess they got banged around, and like everyone else I cant see the pics either so it is hard to guess more than that and say mechanical damage.

[RosieC]

I have corrected the picture links in HappyOrchid's post above. They are now thumbnails and you can click for a bigger image.

HappyOrchid, when posting pics from Picasa you can't use the URL from the address bar of the page, it doesn't show up in the image tags on this website. I use a quite complex method from Picasa, but I'm pretty sure that if you look for the 'Post a Link' option on the right had side of the Picasa page then copy the link in to the image option you used above then it will work.

[happyorchid]

Thanks for the advice!

I talked to a person at the store and they told me that the leaves sometimes are crooked.