Is this orchid dying?

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Hello, my orchid lost the leaves and now produce some keikis. Is it dying? What do I do now?

No idea what type it is. It was a gift and had white flowers when it first arrived.

I would also add the green moss comes from the coffee ground that I poured on it, as a friend said it was good for plants 😕

Well, there's green so that's good, not completely dead. I think they can be propagated from keikeis, there's probably a YouTube.

I've not heard that coffee grounds are good for plants, they might be, they're supposed to deter slugs. I'd be concerned the grounds will act like compost and might cause rot.

Most important is that it's kept in a bright place but out of direct light and it's not sitting in water. I water mind by completely filling its pot with water letting it soak for fifteen minutes then draining it completely. You can tell if it needs water because its roots turn from green to silvery. It won't need as much water over winter. Actually, it'll probably be okay in direct winter sun.

I have a phaelenopsis (moth) orchid, I'm not sure your's is the same, so all the above might be totally wrong for your plant.

That doesn’t look like a moss, possibly a liverwort. Liverworts appear anywhere with moist soil. Perhaps it has been kept too wet?

…. In which case roots would have rotted, and the plant is putting its remaining energy into producing new plants.

Oh my gosh OP, there is some mental telepathy going on here....

I am sorry but I don't have the answer you need as I am an orchid novice, but hope you don't mind me barging in to add a question from those in the know...

I have one (I don't know which but it is a small one and had light pink flowers .. I know, my knowledge is quite something 😝) and it's flowers have now fallen off. We are in Spring here now, so I assume that is a factor. I read to cut back the stem, which I did to about half way, but the rest just went brown. So I thought I had killed it off proper, which I am the expert on.... but it's leaves are still lovely, and today I see that it is shooting a new little leaf! So i cut the stem some more right down to where the leaves are, so now it has no stem.

Then I saw this post pop up! So OP, it seems I have the opposite problem to you, you have a living stem with no leaves, and I have lovely leaves and no stem.

This is about the 4th orchid I have had and I killed the others off, so I have given this one so much care and attention, trying to well, keep it alive really. So I am thinking I just leave it where it was (in the bathroom) and soak it once a week like I had been doing when it had flowers?

Someone told me that an orchid lives well, (if its a gift) it's given to someone with love. Well my ex bought me one and that didn't live, the others from family who now I am not sure how much they love me as they didn't last either. This one I bought for myself for a bit of self-love, and so it's a silly thing, but I NEED this one to thrive.

I hope you manage to save yours too OP.

Coffee grounds are not good for plants - caffeine inhibits growth. And I think it’s probably mould growing on the coffee grounds.

I suspect you’ve watered it too much. Orchids in the “wild” live on the side of trees, not in soil so the roots are never sat in water.

I chuck a splash of water at my orchids every two or three weeks, that’s it.

What is everyone's opinion on the 2 x ice blocks a week?

I see that it is a bit of a controversial issue for some. Some say its the only way, some day it's the worst thing to do.

Google Dendrobium Noble orchid - I think that's what it looks like (I have one).
They CAN be brought back to life, but this one will need some time, patience and TLC.

What I'd recommend:

• Get rid of all that mouldy coffee-sodden soil!
• wash your orchid's roots in fresh water and cut away anything that is rotten or dead in the root ball
• repot in loose damp orchid bark
• cut back the stems above the new growth

Feed it with orchid spray and don't over-water it. Leave it in a warmish light place over winter and it will probably regrow from those shoots next year.

Lots of YouTube videos on orchid care if you look!

Where are its roots? Normally orchids have scraggly roots you can see.

Re. ice cubes. I think as most potted orchids are tropical plants ice cold water probably isn't their favourite even assuming you take care that the ice doesn't actually touch the plant.

Google Dendrobium Noble orchid - I think that's what it looks like (I have one)

yes, I'm sure it's a dendrobium. I have one too.

Some people say it works for them, but I think that is for phalaenopsis, and not this species.

My dad grew loads (and I mean loads) of orchids and I can safely say he never, ever used ice cubes!

They may prefer rainwater though... he used to water them from water butts.

Lots of roots on the babies!

It’s a dendrobium it’s normal for it to go like this, it feeds from the old stem to produce new ones. If you twist off the 2 little Keikis you will have a couple of babies but it will be probably 3 to 5 years before you get flowers again.

here’s mine it’s around 1 year old now.

Just keep somewhere light but out of direct sunlight and water ( but let fully drain) whenever you think the leaves feel less turgid. If the leaves are hard to touch it is fine, if floppy then water)
a new flower stalk will grow maybe in the spring and you’ll get new flowers.
orchids don’t need much. Keep the leaves dust free by running the plant under a tap weekly or 10 days

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Many thanks everyone for the replies.

Ermm... so I think the conclusion is the old orchid probably has got root rot and died? I'm ordering some new orchid bark to pot the keikis 😐