Hi all
I'm not very knowledgeable about orchids so I thought I would ask the
'experts' here! I was given an orchid plant about 2 1/2 years ago, it has
done fairly well with several new flowers over that time, The stems have
been cut back when they were obviously dead. My question is, the plant has
now produced 2 long grey shoots and one short grey shoot from halfway up one
of the stems. I am assuming these are roots? One goes up, pointing into the
air! the other long one is heading downwards and is now level with the
bottom of the pot. There is no sign of roots trying to get out of the pot
itself! What do I do with these roots? It has been suggested I put the end
of one of these roots into another pot, just like you would a strawberry
plant 'runner'. Is this correct? I do apologies but I don't know what type
of orchid, but it was purchased from a standard DIY store, not an orchid
specialist. It has the standard looking pink/mauve flowers.