{"id":485,"date":"2009-03-29T10:36:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T18:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/29\/nothing\/"},"modified":"2010-03-10T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T02:36:26","slug":"nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/29\/nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes your orchid just sits there and does nothing. It had those gorgeous blooms that lasted so long, and you’ve followed the instructions for light<\/a>, water<\/a>, temperature<\/a>, fertilizer<\/a>, humidity<\/a>, and dormancy<\/a>, but nada. Same old leaves, same old roots. You’ve waited, and the plant doesn’t get any worse, but it doesn’t get any better either.<\/p>\n

The answer may to be to wait some more. Orchids may not be visibly growing while they’re storing up energy to prepare for their next cycle of growth. They are waiting for the right time of year to produce new leaves, roots, and flowers. Even the growing seasons of spring and summer do not guarantee new growth — your orchid is on its own schedule. So how long do you wait and watch? If your orchid hasn’t grown for a few months, don’t panic yet. If it’s been more than a year, then it’s time to re-examine those fundamentals of basic orchid care<\/a> and make a change. One common problem is insufficient light, but be careful to make any increases in light gradually over 2 weeks or so. A sudden flood of light can cause leaves to burn. And if that doesn’t help, then just be patient. It’s a great excuse to curl up with a good orchid book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes your orchid just sits there and does nothing. It had those gorgeous blooms that lasted so long, and you’ve followed the instructions for light, water, temperature, fertilizer, humidity, and dormancy, but nada. Same old leaves, same old roots. You’ve waited, and the plant doesn’t get any worse, but it doesn’t get any better either. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-growing","category-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2678,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/2678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}