What sort of orchid is your Mini Orchid? Perhaps a Phalaenopsis?

Where are you in the USA?

What is the orchid potted in?

How often do you water the orchid?

To get good advice, you need to give good information.

Thank you for your reply.

i don't remember what sort of orchid the label said it was. And I didn't retain the label, unfortunately.

i live in London, UK.

The orchid is potted in a plastic orchid pot which I purchased from a garden centre. The pot is filled with wood bark.

i used to mist spray my orchid every day and water once a week.

Here is a link to the RHS Cultivation notes.

RHS Phalaenopsis notes

Although the ancestors of the Phalaenopsis come from tropical places, those places are not mist forests. So there is no need to mist, in fact those thick leaves store water. The idea is to water then let the medium dry to just moist and then water again. Frequency varies according to the mix, the season of the year and temperature.

That said, the bark looks very arid so maybe it needs a good soaking. Is it treated bark for orchids?

Thank you for the link to RHS cultivation notes, however I have read them before. That's what made me think I shouldn't have sprayed my orchid at all.

The bark is a special orchid bark.

At the same time my orchid was loosing older bottom leaves (in a period of time it lost one pair of leaves and now it lookes like it is going to loose another pair) it was growing more roots in the bark.

Is there a chance my orchid will survive?

I never spray them and the current temperature in this room is 19C and the humidity is 48%.

Good signs are the new roots and the fact that the two newest leaves are undamaged. So maybe it is recovering from the shock of transplanting.

If you can tell the readers here where you have the plant and the sort of temperatures that it is getting maybe they can assist. Also do you use fertiliser, Seaweed extract or fish emulsion on the orchid.

Recommented temperature range is 60 to 90F + Moderate Humidity levels and bright light. Early morning sunshine might be fine in the UK.

The plant sits on a windowsill in the kitchen, window facing NW/N. It does get light but not direct sun light. The temp is around 69 - 73 F, although a month ago or so we had heat wave and so the temp went up to 80 F. I don't know the humidity level.

As for new bright green leaves so unfortunately one of them started browning and wrinkling at the tip :( I transplanted the orchid early this year. I don't use any fertilizer.

I had to smile at the description of the heat wave.... 80F is Phalaenopsis heaven.

Couldn't see the end of that leaf in Photo 1.

It all sounds OK except no feeding and that arid looking "orchid bark"

The bark used here is composted, treated radiata pine bark. and it doesn't look like that bark which looks sterile.

Sorry, not much help! Is there a London orchid society where you could get local advice?

Thanks Jane, I will follow your advice. One question though, actually two: How often do I soak the bark that way? And do the roots look healthy enough?

The roots look good. Don't fuss with the plant, just sit the pot in water and you could add some fertilizer to the water. Let it soak.

jane

Thanks Jane.

I let my orchids soak once a week. I also live in Florida and they thrive in this heat. I notice the leaves start to wrinkle if they haven't been soaked

I have started doing the same since the last time in here. Now waiting and hoping for the best!

Also when in my earlier comment I gave temperature readings I meant temperature indoors - kitchen window sill.