On 17/7/07 10:12, in article ,
"johngood ............." wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 16/7/07 21:01, in article ,
"johngood ............." wrote:

We bought a orchid from a supermarket about a week ago. Some new buds are
going very 'soft and tissue papery' and dropping off.

Is this not enough water, or too much or something else do you think?
Thanks for any advice.


How often do you water it? Do you let it drain and dry out in between
waterings? Do you water it from the bottom or from the top?
Sacha

thanks for response. We water it once a week. and water it from the top
about three desert spoons.

it came in a ceramic pot that collects the water in the bottom below the
level of the plastic flower pot which sits inside the ceramic flower pot.
so i guess thats evaporating water up into the pot all the time.



An orchid grower at a show recently told me always to water from the bottom,
roughly once every ten days and never, ever to allow the plant to stand in
water. I think this might be your problem. Most plants don't like to have
their roots permanently wet but like to drain and start to dry out between
waterings. We went on holiday for 5 days and came back to find that some
'kind soul' had watered my two precious Anna Green orchids and left them
standing in water. Every single flower turned yellow, died and fell off,
even though I dried out the compost and re-potted them. The plants are now
in the propagating house where I'm hoping and praying they'll be happier and
drier and will flower again some time.
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Sacha
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