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Old 04-20-2014, 08:17 PM
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Your orchid is very salvageable. Don't give up on it.

It will grow back to its former glory in 1 - 2 years.

They don't grow very bright in the wild. Remember, bright shade to low end of moderately bright indirect, no brighter.

It doesn't need direct sun of any kind. They grow on the forest floors where the lighting is diffuse.

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Old leaves do die back. They don't stay alive forever.

The plant will continue on, though.

If you'd like to breed them, it's very possible.

Just pollinate those funny looking white flowers and you should get some fruit set in no time.

Send the seeds to an orchid seed sowing lab that deals with orchid species.

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Been thinking…

Try repotting.

This time, use limestone/marble as the base material, then mix in some smaller chunks of limestone with some wood chips, top soil, and leaf mould while positioning the orchid in the pot and surrounding the roots with the potting mix, and finally add a layer of some small grade fir bark/orchid bark and leaf mould as the top dressing.

Make sure the potting media drains freely.

A shallow and slightly wider pot would work great for your orchid.
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Old 04-21-2014, 04:51 AM
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I don't want to step on any toes, you've gotten some really good advice so far.

It appears that the leaves that are growing pale are from growths that have just finished blooming. Is that correct?

I grow Ludisia discolor, and after every blooming, mine drops it's leaves and it grows a new growth from the top of the old one.

If you look under the leaves, do you see a bump forming near the top? That could be what is happening. Repotting definitely wouldn't hurt though.
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Thanks Rebecca. Yes, it did just finish blooming. I cut off a bunch of the old leaves yesterday. I hope that was the right thing to do.
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Old 04-23-2014, 08:13 AM
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My first thought was like Rebecca says. I see old leaves go pale like that then drop off, but new growths replace them.

However yours seems to be doing it more extensively than mine, so my second thoughts were moisture, and my third thought was light.

It's possible if it's not very happy then it's sacrificing leaves on the already bloomed growths (which do die back eventually anyway) maybe a bit quicker than it would if conditions were perfect... or maybe it is just normal old growth die back

I would try repotting, I like to do mine every couple of years. I like to pot in a mixture of potting compost, bark, and perlite and grow it almost like a standard house plant.

I've had growths go mushy at a point and dye off. I don't fully know why I'm afraid. I find that if the plant is happy that still might happen, but it will be growing enough to make it not matter much.

I keep the compost always just moist but not wet, it seems to grow well that way. It can even grow in a vase of water with no medium, that's a good way to root pieces that fall off in fact, so I wouldn't worry too much about keeping it moist.
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Maybe the plants just miss my hubby. I know I do. I'm certainly not flourishing as well as I used to. LOL.
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It will be ok. Even if you lose some plants while you're learning, some of them will do great under your care, once you figure out your own way of caring for them. Like everything else in life, it just takes time.
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