Problems

You lift the orchid out of its pot and the roots crumble away in your hand. Nothing is

The leaf looked fine at 10 in the morning. A pale, almost translucent patch had started near the

A single female mealybug can lay 100 to 200 eggs in a few weeks. A new generation can

Clear sticky drops on healthy orchid leaves are usually just nectar. Growers call this happy sap, and it

Water pools in the crown after a quick overhead watering, and nobody notices for a day or two.

A flower spike loaded with fat buds looks perfect one week. The next week, a few buds turn

A simple strip test can show whether a plant carries an orchid virus in about 5 minutes. Two

You check your orchid before bed and every bud looks perfect. By morning, ragged holes have opened in

You turn a leaf over and see a row of tan bumps along the midrib. At first they

An orchid stem turning yellow is usually the old flower spike, and that is normal. The plant is