The Phal abuse ends here.

[butterfly_muse]

Interesting. That is far too advanced for my blood at the moment, lol! I will just stick to making sure they don't die for now. Thank you, guys!

[Horses&Orchids]

I am pretty new to Orchids and just saved 2 (my first 2) from Walmart and am trying to make sure I do everything right. I bought a bag of the Miracle Grow Orchid mix but it seems rather dense from some of the other medias I've seen in many of the videos I've watched. It doesn't seem to allow the plant to breath enough. Also just looking at the roots near the top of the plant they have begun to look like they are deflating (hope that makes sense) So I'm wondering if I goofed by using that mix and if I need to re-pot them in something else? I also took the advice of some youtube videos and cut the spikes since the flowers were very wilted and falling off. One I cut off an inch above the 2nd node from where it comes out. The other plant seemed to have something popping out just under where the flowers started so I cut it off an inch above that. A week later it seems to have killed whatever was attempting to start as it turned reddish/brown and very woody and is slowly working it's way down the spike. So I was thinking I should just go ahead and cut it down by the plant to let it recover. Any advice would be great! Thanks in advance!