How to reanimate an orchid: options for restoring and reanimating a flower

Content:

Symptoms and causes of the disease
How to reanimate with rotten roots
Orchid without roots
Withered leaves
Resuscitation at home
- Conditions of detention
- Conditions for recovery
Care advice
Video

The question of how to reanimate an orchid at home, when its leaves begin to wither or turn yellow, and the roots have become dry and rotten, worries many lovers of a beautiful flower. Phalaenopsis can be fully rehabilitated and restored even when it is very weak.

Symptoms and causes of the disease

An accurate knowledge of the causes of flower disease will help you understand how to save an orchid and provide it with proper care.

Orchid diseases:

Flowering problems. There are three main ones:

does not bloom,
buds can wither or rot,
dark spots appear on the flowers.
A healthy orchid in the right conditions

Various rot:

Brown bacterial. In this case, the leaves begin to rot.
Rotten roots. In most cases, a transplant will be required.
Leaves can rot and become covered with a gray or black coating - this indicates the presence of fungi.
Fusarium rot - the leaves begin to turn yellow.

Leaf diseases:

Anthracnose. The leaves are attacked by a fungus, and they are covered with small black spots. This happens due to stagnation of water in the axils of the leaf.
Bacterial spot. At first, the leaves turn yellow, then they can rot, then they soften, crack, dry out and fall off.
Leaf deformation, lost turgor.
Leaf burn. It often occurs in the summer. If you do not put the orchid in the shade in time, the leaves will die very quickly, forming holes at the burn sites.
Powdery mildew. The plant becomes covered with a white bloom and soon dies if no action is taken.

Viral diseases. They do not manifest themselves for a long time, they cannot be treated, the flower will have to be destroyed.

Important! As soon as a virus is detected in an orchid, it should be immediately removed from other plants and destroyed. If watering is common in one container, then other flowers are likely to be infected. In this case, they must be treated with antibiotics.

The causes of diseases can be:

A virus or fungus can be brought in with tools.
Overheat.
Excessive or insufficient watering.
Wrong amount of top dressing.
Parasites, insects in the soil.
The substrate has not changed for a long time.
Bad light.

How to reanimate with rotten roots

Orchid aerial roots: transplant and other options

How it is necessary to reanimate an orchid if all the roots have rotted is not an easy question, requiring special work.

It should be understood! Rotten roots can no longer be saved, so you will need to grow them.

Steps to solve the problem:

Remove the flower from the pot,
Remove soil from the root system and rinse thoroughly.
Cut off all decayed rhizomes using disinfected tools (knife or scissors). Only healthy tissue remains.
Treat the sections with crushed charcoal and fungicide.
If mold is found, lower the plant in a potassium permanganate solution for a few minutes.

If the roots still remain after treatment, then it is necessary to transplant the plant into a substrate, but in a small pot. Be sure to provide the orchid with good lighting and a constant temperature of 22-25 degrees.

Orchid roots rot

Orchid without roots

How to revive an orchid at home when all its roots have rotted:

Use regular drying and dosed watering;
With the help of mini greenhouses.

How to prune an orchid after flowering: options at home

After all rotten roots have been removed, the orchid is treated with any root growth stimulant.

Additional Information. "Kornevin" for orchids is a root growth stimulant and is often used in solving problems. It is a hormonal biological preparation that stimulates root formation.

Pour water into a regular glass by adding sugar or honey (1 teaspoon per 1 liter). Then the rosette of the plant is placed in the glass so that the leaves do not come into contact with water, and the lower part is completely immersed in it. After 8 hours, the water must be drained, and the flower must be dried. After that, be sure to treat the outlet with a root growth stimulant.

A mini-greenhouse is the most effective way to reanimate a plant in the absence of a root. Take a small container where the flower will be rooted, filling it with expanded clay at the bottom, and sphagnum on top. Put the socket on the prepared substrate and place the container in the greenhouse.

Phalaenopsis leaf without roots

It is imperative to maintain the conditions:

Temperature - 22-28 degrees,
Lighting - up to 14 hours a day,
Humidity - not less than 70%.

The greenhouse must be ventilated and the soil must be moistened. After a couple of weeks, the roots will begin to grow. After they reach 4-5 cm, you can plant the plant in the substrate.

Withered leaves

Is it possible to keep an orchid at home: options why it is good or bad

When the roots of the orchid have been grown, you can plant the flower in a pot of soil. However, there are situations when the leaves of the plant begin to wither, they stop holding their shape.

Loss of leaf turgor

How to save an orchid without roots and with sluggish leaves:

Start building up roots.
If there are rotten parts of the leaf, they should be cut off, and the cuts should be treated with charcoal, brilliant green or cinnamon. Then dry for about eight hours.
Create conditions for the regeneration and revitalization of the flower.
Flabby leaves are restored with the help of compresses: the bandage is soaked in succinic acid.

Additional Information. Succinic acid is often used as a fertilizer for orchids. This is salvation in many cases, especially if the plant is withering. Succinic acid is an absolutely safe biostimulant that will help "revive" the flower and restore it after stress.

Often, old leaves do not regain their shape, but turn yellow and fall off. Instead of them, new strong and sturdy leaves grow.

Resuscitation at home

Resuscitation of an orchid at home requires a lot of patience and painstaking care of the plant. It is imperative to prepare all the conditions for the revitalization of the flower and further maintenance.

Additional Information. When there is too much light, the leaves of the plant turn bright green. The light should be dimmed until the leaves turn pale green again.

Conditions of detention

For phalaenopsis, the following conditions of detention are required:

Lighting - diffused, without bright sunlight.
Temperature - avoid drafts and air conditioners.
Humidity - 60-70%.
Watering is regular. You can not fill the flower, put the pot with the plant in a bowl of water for 25-30 minutes 1-2 times a week.
Correct soil. You can buy soil from the store and add pieces of expanded clay, oak bark and charcoal to it.
Top dressing. Fertilizers should contain nitrogen, phosphorus and iron.

Note! The most difficult period for phalaenopsis is autumn-winter. On the street, the air temperature drops significantly, due to which the heating turns on at home. In this case, the indoor temperature rises, the air becomes less humid. Also, the color day is shortened, so the orchid receives less sunlight.

Conditions for recovery

In order for the orchid to recover without problems, the following conditions must be observed:

Watering should be very gentle.
You should not fertilize the flower for about a month after "revitalization" so that there is no negative reaction. After that, introduce the top dressing gradually.
Control the presence of pests.
Use only high quality substrate.
Maintain a comfortable living environment for the orchid.

Care advice

After a period of time after the plant is restored, buds will begin to appear. A wilted peduncle should be removed after the petals have fallen off. If you cut off the stems too early, then new ones will be able to set only after six months.

During the dormant period, the flower is placed in a warm, not strongly lit place. After pruning, the orchid usually rests for two months.

Orchid in a transparent pot

Rest care needed:

Do not deprive the light.
The temperature during the day - up to 24 degrees, at night - up to 16.
Watering frequency decreases. In winter, you can only spray.
To make the buds set, you can create a stressful situation - a contrast in temperature. At night, it should drop to 4-6 degrees.
Fertilize 3-4 weeks after transplanting.

How quickly the orchid will bloom again depends on how well the care was carried out during the resting phase.

Always before proceeding to resuscitation, it is worth studying all the methods and choosing the appropriate one. Only if the procedure is performed correctly, the flower will not disappear further, on the contrary, it will be able to remain viable. Then more than once he will delight the household with beautiful flowering.