New plants,New Hobby!

[miller2112]

Here are some pics of the roots after i trimmed them up a little and left what i thought was good although im not even sure of those. I re potted them in some orchid bark and LFS.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Are you trimming living or dead roots. I recommend not trimming living roots. That is actually a practice I discourage for a lot of reasons. I would rather advise that if there are a lot of living roots on the plant to begin with, that you conform to the plant, rather than you making the plant conform to you wanting to grow them in a smaller pot size.

The reason I say all this is, if you screw by overwatering, and you trimmed living roots, the chances of having living roots remaining decreases greatly.

If you overwatered and you didn't trim living roots, the chances of having living roots even after the goof up, are a bit higher.


Trimming dead roots is rather inconsequential to the plant.


With orchids, it is usually better to grow them in a pot size that fits the root mass as snugly as possible. The issue is gas to water ratio. Too much water drowns the roots. Too much air desiccates them.

[miller2112]

I didnt trim anything that looked like it was alive as far as i know. Only the ones that were mushy and white or brown. If i wasnt sure about it i left it. Do the pics look like i was trimming live ones? I hope not ,id really like to get these to live

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I wasn't sure if you were trimming live or dead ones. I just threw that out there just in case.

[james mickelso]

The first pics of what look to be back bulbs can be wrapped in spagnum moss and kept wet. These will put out new roots and growths shortly. Here is a sample. These pics are 1 month apart.