{"id":653,"date":"2009-06-24T20:45:32","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T04:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/reading-your-orchids-leaves\/"},"modified":"2010-02-08T10:20:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T18:20:29","slug":"reading-your-orchids-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/reading-your-orchids-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Your Orchid’s Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orchids need healthy leaves to survive and thrive. If your orchid\u2019s leaves look unhappy, take this list of common problems as a starting point to your diagnosis. Notice that some symptoms appear several times for different causes. For instance, certain signs of overwatering and underwatering are the same.<\/p>\n

It helps to pay attention to the look and feel of your orchid’s leaves when the plant is healthy, so then you’ll have a good frame of reference to recognize a problem. While any one of these symptoms can indicate a problem, not every dark spot or yellow leaf is cause for concern. For example, older leaves (those lower on the plant) may yellow, develop spots, split down the middle, or fall off entirely. This is okay, as long as healthy new leaves are growing.<\/p>\n

Overwatering<\/a><\/dt>\n
Mushy, wilted, limp, shrunken, or flattened leaves<\/dd>\n
Leaf split down middle<\/dd>\n
Yellow leaves <\/dd>\n
Leaves quickly turn soft and black <\/dd>\n
Underwatering<\/a><\/dt>\n
Wilted, limp, shrunken, or flattened leaves<\/dd>\n
Leaf has pronounced “ribs” or “veins” <\/dd>\n
Leaf split down middle<\/dd>\n
Edges of leaves curled under<\/dd>\n
Pleated leaves<\/dd>\n
Yellow or brown leaves<\/dd>\n
Sunburn<\/a> or overheating<\/a><\/dt>\n
Large dried or dead spot on leaf; spot may start white and turn dark<\/dd>\n
Yellow leaves<\/dd>\n
Inadequate light<\/a><\/dt>\n
Yellow leaves<\/dd>\n
Dark green leaves<\/dd>\n
Leaves are floppy <\/dd>\n
Excessive fertilizer<\/a><\/dt>\n
Brown tips on leaves<\/dd>\n
Inadequate fertilizer<\/a><\/dt>\n
Yellow leaves<\/dd>\n
Low humidity<\/a><\/dt>\n
Brown tips on leaves<\/dd>\n
Wilted leaves<\/dd>\n
Allowing water to sit on leaves overnight<\/a><\/dt>\n
Mushy leaves<\/dd>\n
Needs repotting<\/a><\/dt>\n
New leaves turn to mush or turn black<\/dd>\n
Pests<\/a><\/dt>\n
Holes in leaves<\/dd>\n
Deformed leaves<\/dd>\n
Black spots<\/dd>\n
Leaves develop bronze color<\/dd>\n
Bacterial, viral, or fungal infections<\/a><\/dt>\n
Black spots or soft spots, especially those with an unusual smell<\/dd>\n
Streaks or patterns with discoloration<\/dd>\n
Yellow leaves<\/dd>\n
Cold water on leaves<\/a><\/dt>\n
Black spots<\/dd>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orchids need healthy leaves to survive and thrive. If your orchid\u2019s leaves look unhappy, take this list of common problems as a starting point to your diagnosis. Notice that some symptoms appear several times for different causes. For instance, certain signs of overwatering and underwatering are the same. It helps to pay attention to the […]<\/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":[5,7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fertilizing","category-problems","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653","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=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2285,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions\/2285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}