A Shy Hello From Singapore,

[Reinbowsheep]

Hi Everyone, My Name is Janice and I'm from Singapore!

So this is my story, My Parents know that I've been wanting to get a pet for the longest time- yet are hesitant to do so because of the high maintenance costs in this country.

TODAY (like 5 hours ago), they went to a flower exhibition and bought me a baby ( I think ) orchid!
The tag says it's a ' P. Nobby's Amy "White Chocolate" ' and it's from "ORCHIS TW"

It's got white petals, no pink flushes, but a myriad of magenta looking spots in the center area. Two stalks (?), one stalk has 3 blooms and 1 bud. The other stalk has 8 blooms. The single bud is wrinkly and kind of yellow, is it dying?

It had 5 leaves to begin with, 3 good green ones and 2 yellowing ones. Being hasty, I plucked out the leaf that was yellowing from the base. Leaving my dear with 3 good green leaves and one tiny leaf at the bottom which is yellowing from the right side. I cleaned the 3 good leaves with a damp Q-tip.

So I've done my reading in the last few hours and found out that yellowing leaves can be attributed to root rot?! Additionally that soil is not the best medium for growing orchids?!

Honestly, I'm quite panicked. I don't want my first plant to die so soon on me. I received the darling in a filmsy plastic container thing with a hole at the bottom. I didn't know if i was supposed to let the darling stay in there so I removed it from the plastic and now it's sitting in a bed of new soil in a makeshift pot until I find a suitable one.

I heard that earthenware is good? I also read that wood is also good? How do I check for Root Rot? Should I change the soil? Buy moss? What should I do?