Orchid Stalk. Each stem has three to five alternate pubescent leaves. The soapy water will remove the stickiness and soot as well as kill any remaining insects.
Next stalk roots and more leaves will develop. The orchid will first make a new leaf creating a way for it to absorb sunlight. It fastens its roots on the branches of trees and usually grows in full sunlightmore.
The orchid will first make a new leaf creating a way for it to absorb sunlight.
Next stalk roots and more leaves will develop. A hidden opening into the stalk is bordered by a large green mustache-shaped appendage beneath the curved hood of the leaf. Surrounded by yellow sepals that bloom in the spring. For flasked orchid seedlings here is a link to Carter and Holmes Orchids.
