Assorted young orchids rescued.
I bought this assortment of young orchids cheap. They were in poor shape when I got them as they were in sphag moss in a sealed container, some wet some dry.
I've repotted them all in a mix of sphag, orchid bark, charcoal, and perlite as I had all these media lying around and placed them in a small greenhouse where they get lots of light for the first half of the day. Semi shaded for the second half.
That was about a week ago, since then one has died from crown rot, even though the potting medium was just a little moist, not wet. And another is looking quite burnt. Ive moved them to a lower rung in the greenhouse to avoid direct light.
Can anyone suggest anything to increase their chances of survival? Im in Sydney, Australia, its about 10-20 degrees Celsius.
There is a dendrobium, vanda, cattleya, bulbophyllum and cymbidium.
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