Trim them when you repot them. After you pull the plant out of its old pot, examine the plant and its roots. Trim off dead roots, bulbs, stems, and canes. A healthy, living orchid root is white, ...

Start with clean, sterilized pruning shears or scissors and cut back any long roots that extend past the main clump. Remove mushy, brown, or dead roots, cutting back to the rhizome. Healthy roots are ...

Orchids make excellent houseplants, even for those individuals who lack the requisite green thumb. Orchid flowers are colorful, unique and dainty, and the blooms last a long time. While orchids have a ...

Kobe University researchers found that orchids rely on wood-decaying fungi to germinate, feeding on the carbon from rotting logs. Their seedlings only grow near deadwood, forming precise fungal ...