If your orchid leaves are turning yellow due to nutrient deficiency, this orchid food should perk it up. One feeder lasts 30 ...

Orchids need light to thrive, but not direct sunlight. Too much sun can burn the leaves, which often turn yellow or get brown spots. On the other hand, too little light can also cause problems.

It sounds as if your orchid has crown rot (Pseudomonas) that for a phalaenopsis is akin to the plague. It begins as soft, sunken, slightly discolored spots on the leaves that later turn brown or ...

Q. I’m growing several varieties of orchids and am happy to say, they bloom every year. However, every now and then some of the leaves look pleated. Why does this happen? –Barbara Halpe… ...

Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid This perennial orchid is 1–2½' tall and usually unbranched. The central stem is round in circumference, rather stout, and densely covered with hair.

It has alternative leaves clasped to the stem, grows up to 3’ tall, and spreads by its aggressive rhizomes. It blooms in July and August with greenish color flowers tinged with purple.

Spring is when orchids need healthy foliage to grow flowers later on, but if their leaves have wilted then you can revive them with one item likely sitting in your kitchen cupboard.

DEAR JESSICA: I have a beautiful blue orchid that I received for Mother’s Day. My question is what are those long pieces hanging out of the pot? I tried to work them back in, but they break.

A lavish exhibition, “The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage” explores the diversity of these charismatic flowers. By Will Heinrich The orchid, a family embracing nearly 30,000 species on six ...

Yellow fringed orchid, ... The stems can be up to about two feet tall, and a series of sword-like leaves may be found on the lower part of the plant. There can be 30 to 50 ...