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Originally Posted by Roberta
Patience... a week is nothing in the life of an orchid, don't expect to see results that fast. It took awhile to create the problem, will take time to resolve it. Orchids grow slowwwwwlly... but you knew that.
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True.
I have to remember that I had two Nepenthes ampullaria 'Black Miracle' that I got on arguably a steal on Etsy. The poor things were shipped during a week where we had a 105 degree Fahrenheit day, with no insulation in their packaging and they were packed with peat that was dried out once they got to me. They were basically near death, but I put them in some moss and perlite, put the pots in bags, kept them in the cabinet for about a month or two, and now a year later they looks great and have made a couple of smaller plants from the mother plant.
I've had plants freeze solid, and they were fine after thawing. I've had plants who managed to survive those +100 degree days outside. I have an Alocasia 'Polly' that somehow survived office tap water. I have a couple of Gesneriads that have somehow survived neglect after some TLC. A Heliamphora seedling survive having a few mushrooms growing in it's moss and a likely unneeded repotting. Some Drosera that have survived mold.
Not saying all of that to brag, some of the situations are
definitely my fault, more of just to remind myself that it is possible for plants to come back. They don't look great for a bit, but like you said, patience is key.
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