Over the years my parents (mom) has bought a collection of orchids and never repotted them. I've told them that they need better pots but never listened until now since my mom decided that they needed a repotting and so on.
What we bought today was liquid bloom and growth food, mulch, and super airly plastic pots. I have some perlite left over that I bought for repotting my zz plant and peace lily earlier this week.
(1)So this evening we decided to at least take off those flimsy plastic containers and the old medium and realized that we got no fungicide and already went through around 15 ish orchids so is it fine to leave the roots out in the air through the night? I did give em a light
misting just incase.
As for the roots, I took off the decaying outer covering of the roots and trimmed the ones that are black along with the ones that are dying. I also cut off the stems that doesn't have any new budding nodes on them. (2) What do I do with the ones that are going from yellow > green > black > green? (3) What to do with the yellow ones which is probably one of the last viable ones? (4) What to do with the ones that have buds and are currently blooming?
(5) Should I go get bark instead of those woody mulch?
(6) What mixtures should I use when repotting?
(7) Is any kind of fungicide ok to use?
(8) How long should it be soaked in the solution?
(9) When should I use the growth food?
(10) Should I buy something that will help root growth and which ones?
(11) I currently have one orchid that has a stem with leaves and new roots on it, what to do?
(12) What should I do with the old medium? Mom wants to reuse them somehow.
Any additional advice would be welcome. Thank you in advance.
Current supply list:
Moss
Perlite
Mulch
Super airly black plastic pots
Liquid Growth and bloom food
Miracle Gro Orchid plant spray
Shopping List for the morning:
Fungicide
Sanitizer
Moss
More of those nice pots
Plant cutting shears
Some pictures:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oxg5gaiae...2aNPtOSTa?dl=0
The orchid species are something like this but with different color variations (white, purple, yellow).
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...te_Orchids.JPG
Oh and my parents are wondering if they could go hydroponics on them. (13) If possible, what is the procedure?
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40+ orchids definitely suffering from root rot. Please help
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