Miltoniopsis without roots
Hello,
My name is Manuel and this is my first participation in the forum. I have read many of the threads, I found very useful information and I really like the way members participate always trying to help.
I'm a big fan of growing plants in general and I love orchids too. However, I consider myself a novice in the care of orchids because all I had before did not survive more than a few months. The problem that killed all my orchids (phalaenopsis, dendrobium, oncinum ...) was always root rot and almost always this was caused by the ball of moss that have at the base of their roots when they come from the nursery.
Now I am very concerned about trying to save my last Miltoniopsis. I bought it with flowers and was really beautiful. When flowering finished I removed the moss ball but the roots were already rotten and soft and I had to cut them. I applied a fungicide and I keep it attached to a stick in a glass container with moist clay balls in the background. I spray daily with vitamin B1 in water and after two weeks I see a new small lateral bud (in the photo).
What should I do now? To put it in a pot with pine bark? or it would be better with balls of clay in semi-hydroponics?
---------- Post added at 06:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:14 PM ----------
Sorry bur I dont know how to send actual photos of my Miltoniopsis
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