Phalaenopsis new growth dying

[mseifertmd]

Please help me diagnose the problem I'm having with my orchid. My growing habitat is indoors. Defused bright sunlight. The room temp maintains 70 degrees +/- 2 degrees. The plant is on a humidity type growing tray. Watered about every 2 weeks. Trays are also emptied and cleaned when the plants are watered. Thank You

[RosieC]

I'm not sure what may be wrong there, but I would suggest it's possibly a fungas.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

There seriously needs to be growing info in your posts.

These plants that you're asking about, a lot of people in the hobby have them.

There aren't a lot of secrets when it comes to growing Phals, Miltoniopsis, or Masdevallias. It's not a big deal either.

Whatever information you get here, is what you'll get elsewhere, and it's what helped each grower succeed.

So keep in mind that you MUST put details in your post.

With that in mind, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR PHAL WITHOUT INFO ON HOW YOU'RE CULTURING THEM AND THE CONDITIONS THEY'RE GROWING IN.

YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH INFO FOR ANYONE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN INTELLIGENT ANSWER.

[cb977]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Look, I don't mean to be an @$$, but there seriously needs to be growing info in your posts. I'm at least glad to know that you listened to part of my reply to your first post about the pictures.

These plants that you're asking about, a lot of people in the hobby have them.

In fact many people on the OB have plants that you may never have even heard of before.

There aren't a lot of secrets when it comes to growing Phals, Miltoniopsis, or Masdevallias. It's not a big deal either.

Whatever information you get here, is what you'll get elsewhere, and it's what helped each grower succeed.

So keep in mind that you MUST put details in your post.

With that in mind, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOUR PHAL WITHOUT INFO ON HOW YOU'RE CULTURING THEM AND THE CONDITIONS THEY'RE GROWING IN.

Reread the post on the Miltoniopsis and really process the analogy I made with the vet and the dude with the frog.

Let it sink in that YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH INFO FOR ANYONE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN INTELLIGENT ANSWER!!!

No...no...no...no...no!

We DO NOT speak to each other like that on OB.

Doesn't matter what your reasoning is...
there is NEVER a reason to be that rude!
Especially to a new member of our community!

I suggest 10 deep breaths and a re-read of what you've typed BEFORE you hit "Submit"

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Check that, I just went back and read your Miltoniopsis post, and I'm glad you put up more detailed growing info.

See how that elicited a response from someone other than me, and it wasn't some lame answer.

Now go and do it for the rest of your posts from now on...

[mseifertmd]

S O R R Y !!! I AM NEW HERE!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

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[camille1585]

King, I don't think there was any need to be that rude, and your responses shocked me. People new to forums don't necessarily know what info, or how much info is needed. OB is a friendly place, and you could have asked for more info in a more polite way.

That being said, that Phal obviously has a problem, but it's hard to tell what. The small strange leaves could be due to insufficient water and/or nutrition, and it almost looks like there is some sort of disease attacking the tips. Or the humidity is way too low causing the new leaf tips to dry up. Just my

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Anyways...

I suspect it's not getting enough water.

Once every two weeks is a long time.

What kind of growing medium are you using?

[mseifertmd]

The media I am using is Aussie Gold Orchid Mix, Diatomite Formula. The media stays moist to touch in the 2 weeks. Should I water more often?