I used to baby my orchids with distilled water and a mist bottle, then I switched to tap water dunking after a neighbor showed me her 10 year old phalaenopsis

For 3 years I was treating my orchids like little princesses. Only distilled water, spray bottle mist on the roots every other day, the whole routine. They barely bloomed. Then last spring my neighbor Mrs. Chen, who grows them in her bathroom, told me she just sticks them under the tap for 30 seconds when they look dry. I thought she was crazy but tried it. Now 4 of my 5 orchids have flower spikes right now. The one I still baby is the one not doing anything. Anyone else ditch the fancy care for just letting them be?

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michaelchen8d ago

Mrs. Chens method worked for me too. Its funny how overthinking something like watering a plant actually messes it up, like when I stopped checking my car tire pressure every week and suddenly got better mileage. Sometimes the simple way is the real way forward, you just gotta trust the process.

rodriguez.diana8d ago

My overthinking once killed a cactus, so I feel that.