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neglected orchid plant -- help!
With a huge shock I realized this morning that one of my Dtps/Phal orchids
may have not been watered for several weeks and possibly as long as a month. :-( I don't know how it could have slipped that much below my radar screen, and I feel very guilty and rotten about myself this morning. Today I just watered it with plenty of water. My question: what can I do, if my worst fear is true that it was not watered for a month (the last entry for this plant in my spreadsheet where I keep track of watering schedule for orchids in bark was 1/8/2004, I hope I forgot to put in another entry after that, but it is possible that it has been a full month)? Have I just killed my first orchid? Please, please, please, say it isn't so. This is the condition of the plant currently is as follows: This plant is in bark. It stopped blooming around the second week of January, after a long blooming season. (I feel so guilty.) The pot was very light when I picked it up this morning. It's leaves are much softer now then ever before, but they are still green. The aerial roots are still green as well. Today the pot has been soaked in lots of water. Is there anything else I can do for this poor plant (other than pray and hope and not ever do this again)? Joanna |
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