Co-worker's Desk Orchid

TexasTycoon · July 20, 2015

My co-worker got a teenie weenie (like a foot tall with inch wide flowers) orchid plant as a gift after her mother passed in May, and it's not looking too hot right now. When she got it, it had tons of purple blooms, but within the past week all the blooms have fallen off and the stems are turning an orange/pink shade. The leaves are still green. It's in a VERY small pot, about the size or a large shotglass. I picked up some MG orchid food sticks for her this weekend and she's out today, so I cut one in half and stuck it in the pot and watered the plant for her. I've never had orchids before, is this behavior normal?

TexasTycoon · July 20, 2015

Also, I have no idea what variety of orchid it is. It's growing habit so far has been two stems with leaves only at the base of the plant, with small (inch wide) purple/pink flowers with round petals along the tops of the stems. The leaves at the base of the plant are wide, thick, upturned and pointed.

Worth1 · July 20, 2015

https://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=222
I hope this is the right link.
Worth

Worth1 · July 20, 2015

Im guessing humidity being too low in an air conditioned office has a lot to do with it.
I am sure you know they dont grow in soil.
Worth

TexasTycoon · July 20, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Im guessing humidity being too low in an air conditioned office has a lot to do with it.
I am sure you know they dont grow in soil.
Worth

They came in some soilless medium (looks like some sort of Spanish moss or something) and yes it is very dry in the office. I'm actually thinking they've been overwatered. Thanks for the link Worth.

July 20, 2015	#1
TexasTycoon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Round Rock, TX, Zone 8b Posts: 1,157	Co-worker's Desk Orchid My co-worker got a teenie weenie (like a foot tall with inch wide flowers) orchid plant as a gift after her mother passed in May, and it's not looking too hot right now. When she got it, it had tons of purple blooms, but within the past week all the blooms have fallen off and the stems are turning an orange/pink shade. The leaves are still green. It's in a VERY small pot, about the size or a large shotglass. I picked up some MG orchid food sticks for her this weekend and she's out today, so I cut one in half and stuck it in the pot and watered the plant for her. I've never had orchids before, is this behavior normal? __________________ -Kelly "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn Bloom where you are planted.

July 20, 2015	#2
TexasTycoon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Round Rock, TX, Zone 8b Posts: 1,157	Also, I have no idea what variety of orchid it is. It's growing habit so far has been two stems with leaves only at the base of the plant, with small (inch wide) purple/pink flowers with round petals along the tops of the stems. The leaves at the base of the plant are wide, thick, upturned and pointed. __________________ -Kelly "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn Bloom where you are planted.

July 20, 2015	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	https://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=222 I hope this is the right link. Worth