I work at a local nursery and yesterday I brought home two discounted severly dehydrated vanda orchids.
One of them has only one good root and is not in a container. The one root is thick and healthy looking, but the plant is very thin and limp. The other one looks like it has several decent roots, they are white and thick…but a little shriveled and dry looking. THey are green inside though so I think these roots may be able to come back to life. The plant is not as limp as the first one, but it is still very thin and obviously dehydrated.
How can I rehydrate vanda orchids?
Yesterday I dipped both of them in water with a bit of orchid fertilizer mixed in. I let them sit for about 10 minutes and took them out and let them sit overnight outside with the rest of my orchids.
I looked at them this morning and no improvment, so I took the one with one root, and wrapped the root with a damp paper towel and set it on my dresser. THe other one is sitting with its roots in a sink
of water.
Is this a bad way to do it? How should I do it? I dont want them to rot! PLEASE HELP!
These will be beautiful flowering orchids if they can be saved. Bright red and bright orange!!!
Ira
