or if its potting mix has gone bad. Orchids are often grown in sphagnum moss, fir bark and other porous plant fibes. Over time, it becomes necessary to replace these mediums or top them up.

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the moss can dry out, and it needs to be soaked to reabsorb water. This is a tedious process, so I change the soil as soon as I can. For plants that are not orchids I use soil mix with organic ...

If your orchid came from the store potted in sphagnum moss, Kondrat recommends repotting it in a chunky potting mix labeled for orchids as soon as it is done blooming. “Get it out of that moss.

Instead, they need a mix that allows airflow around the roots such as bark chippings or even certain types of moss. He added: “Be cautious of overfertilising as this can burn the orchid’s ...