cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/518987

I’ve been getting into orchids lately and reading a lot about them. I have a few, but thought it would be fun to get some more to learn about how to care for them best.

I posted on my local buy nothing group (a neighborhood facebook group where people give away stuff they don’t want anymore). I asked if anyone would give me an old orchid that wasn’t flowering and said I’d return it if I could get it to bloom again. Well, I had to cut the post off after 18 hours because so many people responded!

The picture shows the first 7 plants I received, but not the 4 I already owned or the 3 more I picked up the next day! I assigned each one a number so I can keep track of whose is whose.

Most were in pretty good shape, just dusty and a few dehydrated. I looked them all over and gave them a wipe down and a watering if they needed it and assessed their needs. One needed to be repotted right away, I think it had been kept too wet and it had a lot of rotten roots. I’ll repot a few of the others in the next few days. Otherwise they’re off and growing around my house! I’m excited to see how it turns out.

  • rowdy
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    1 year ago

    My mom buys the grocery store potted orchids all the time. When their bloom dies, she throws them in (what I’ve dubbed) the “orchid graveyard”. It’s just a spot in and around the large oak in her yard. Sure enough every year they rebloom. I doubt they all survive but the ones that do look amazing.

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        1 year ago

        I’ll have to ask her if she has any pictures. I’ll post on this community if she’s got any good ones.