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wrinkly leaves
Please can anyone help me. My phal orchid has wrinkly leaves & from past
advice in the newsgroup I found I was over watering my orchid & it had rotten roots. I have cut back the roots & repotted it. The leaves are going brown from the tips & are getting more wrinkly. I moved it from the kitchen window sill to the bathroom, where it is more shaded than direct light. Is there any hope for my orchid or not ?? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Leonie |
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Is it all the leaves, or just the lowest leaves? If the newest leaves have
brown tips, I would cut off the tips with clean razor blades (make sure you cut all the way back to healthy tissue). If it's the lower leaves, just let them die off. There are many different causes for the leaf-tip dieback (hard water, too much fertilizer, etc) that can vary from plant to plant, it's hard to figure out why it's happening sometimes. Your plant will definitely be stressed out after losing the roots. If you can get new roots to start growing then you may save the plant. -danny "@Homeonthecouch" wrote in message .uk... Please can anyone help me. My phal orchid has wrinkly leaves & from past advice in the newsgroup I found I was over watering my orchid & it had rotten roots. I have cut back the roots & repotted it. The leaves are going brown from the tips & are getting more wrinkly. I moved it from the kitchen window sill to the bathroom, where it is more shaded than direct light. Is there any hope for my orchid or not ?? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Leonie |
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Hi Danny
The poor orchid only has 3 leaves & the lower 2 are brown at the ends & wrinkly. How do I get new roots to grow ? Thanks Leonie "danny" wrote in message ... Is it all the leaves, or just the lowest leaves? If the newest leaves have brown tips, I would cut off the tips with clean razor blades (make sure you cut all the way back to healthy tissue). If it's the lower leaves, just let them die off. There are many different causes for the leaf-tip dieback (hard water, too much fertilizer, etc) that can vary from plant to plant, it's hard to figure out why it's happening sometimes. Your plant will definitely be stressed out after losing the roots. If you can get new roots to start growing then you may save the plant. -danny "@Homeonthecouch" wrote in message .uk... Please can anyone help me. My phal orchid has wrinkly leaves & from past advice in the newsgroup I found I was over watering my orchid & it had rotten roots. I have cut back the roots & repotted it. The leaves are going brown from the tips & are getting more wrinkly. I moved it from the kitchen window sill to the bathroom, where it is more shaded than direct light. Is there any hope for my orchid or not ?? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Leonie |
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How do I get new roots to grow ?
1. Keep the root zone fairly dry [I don't mean stop watering altogether, but cut back even further than you have so far]. If your conditions are cool and dry [low humidity], you may need to do the plastic bag routine which has been described here many times before, or mist the foliage lightly but frequently. 2. You can try a root stimulator such as Superthrive or DynaGrow K-L-N. 3. A fungicide treatment shouldn't hurt and might help. But unless this plant is rare/expensive, or has some special sentimental value, why not just start over with a healthy, properly-potted replacement from your local orchid nursery? Chemicals are expensive, pesky to store, pesky to use safely [gloves, mask or respirator, etc.] -- and rarely available in quantities that are practical for a person with only a few plants. -- Kenni Judd Juno Beach Orchids http://www.jborchids.com |
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