I have a greenhouse but it has a 70% shade cloth only because our summers get so intense and reach up to 115 degrees outside of greenhouse that most of my orchids and houseplants need that much of a shade cloth. I was wondering if that would be ok for this orchid. I know this one is a very bright light orchid but I don’t wanna take the chance and burn it. If anything we have a lot of trees that get quite a bit of light under them or diffused through them that I can probably hang the pot from or mount it on. But would just like advice thanks

Does this orchid look normal? The leaves seem about out of control. I always thought it was normal but now that I really look at other orchids I’m thinking it may not be. Also, the little leaf, is this a Keiki? Flowers? Or what exactly is this?

Have had this for 10? Years. 3rd repotting

I forced this Phal keiki by cutting off expired flowerstems and putting them in sphag for a few months. Was planning to move to bark chips once the roots got established, but this one grew way faster than expected (my first time trying this). It’s a great looking root, goes all the way to the bottom of the pot, but the top part seems to have totally rotted. Since the other part of the root hasn’t, do you think it’s still somehow connected and feeding the plant? Also wondering if you guys think I should move it to bark chips right away? I do see a new root coming in. Thanks!

For anyone curious, I put 5 stems in a jar. The one you see here formed leaves and roots together within like 1-2 months. Two other stems formed leaves, but then started mini flowerstems (coming from leaves coming from the original flowerstem), which I eventually just cut off. They are taking much longer to form roots, but one formed a nub a few weeks back and I moved it to bark chips lightly mixed with sphag, soil, and perlite. The third is still waiting for any evidence of roots. Two stems rotted.

I got this guy on clearance today. The leaves are a bit yellowy and pretty droopy. The bark it is in was bone dry. I watered it and the plant seemed to perk up. Is there anything else can do to help it?

It doesn't smell bad, and it's pretty green everywhere despite what the image suggests. It's also not especially wet or anything, but I worry it's possibly mold.

These black spots just started appearing and they are spreading really fast 😭

I spotted something that resembles a leaf growing between my orchid's leaves. I thought at first could this be a keiki? But it doesn’t really look like one? The orchid looks vibrant and healthy with plenty of new growth. Any thoughts on what this could be?