http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/repotting-phalaenopsis-orchid Orchid Care Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/repotting-phalaenopsis-orchid/comment-page-1#comment-425 Ocintu Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:50:22 +0000 http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/repotting-phalaenopsis-orchid#comment-425 If you take it easy on watering, you could wait for maybe a month before deciding to repot. That way if you lose blooms when you DO repot, you'll have had a chance to enjoy it. I stick a wooden skewer, like the kind you use for kabobs (some people just use a pencil) into the media and let it sit for 5 minutes or so, then pull it out to see if it feels moist. If you can't tell, but it feels cool against your cheek or wrist, then you should hold off another day on watering. This may minimize the damage, anyway. Or go ahead and re-pot. You might lose the blooms but you'll know you're getting it into healthy mix. Keep in mind that the orchid has gone through most likely a rough re-potting before being shipped as well as a stressful journey to your store. It's kind of a difficult choice, I'm my opinion. Goodluck! If you take it easy on watering, you could wait for maybe a month before deciding to repot. That way if you lose blooms when you DO repot, you'll have had a chance to enjoy it. I stick a wooden skewer, like the kind you use for kabobs (some people just use a pencil) into the media and let it sit for 5 minutes or so, then pull it out to see if it feels moist. If you can't tell, but it feels cool against your cheek or wrist, then you should hold off another day on watering. This may minimize the damage, anyway. Or go ahead and re-pot. You might lose the blooms but you'll know you're getting it into healthy mix. Keep in mind that the orchid has gone through most likely a rough re-potting before being shipped as well as a stressful journey to your store. It's kind of a difficult choice, I'm my opinion. Goodluck!

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