Did I just kill her Orchid?

Murrmurr

Murrmurr

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I just watered my wife's orchid with refrigerated water that's probably about 42F/5.5555C.
She loves this orchid, which was a birthday gift from my grandson, so I hope I didn't kill it or maim it or anything.
I didn't mean to, I forgot I was supposed to let this *special orchid water* warm up before pouring it on the thing.

Do you think it's a goner?
 

Murrmurr said:
I just watered my wife's orchid with refrigerated water that's probably about 42F/5.5555C.
She loves this orchid, which was a birthday gift from my grandson, so I hope I didn't kill it or maim it or anything.
I didn't mean to, I forgot I was supposed to let this *special orchid water* warm up before pouring it on the thing.

Do you think it's a goner?
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hmmmm?

oh-oh :(
 
Be honest. Bare your soul. Beg for forgiveness. Buy her the nicest one you can or get your grandson to pick out another one.
 
Shit, I think I just made matters worse....I decided to repot it and add warm water, and the roots and substrate are all bunched up in this plastic cage-like thing, and I've never seen anything like that, so, during the transfer, I was just checking it out, turning it slightly this way and that, and the freaking cage-thing fell off! And as far as I know (and I know nothing abt orchids) this is equally fatal.

It's in a glass vase now, because that's the only "pot" I had. It's sitting in it's usual filtered sunlight spot. Guess I can only hope for the best.
 
Murrmurr said:
Thanks for the encouragement.

It actually looks ok. So far. But I'll be biting my nails til the wife gets home. Mainly because I'm gonna have to 'fess up.
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You sound like me, my husband says I kill my plants with kindness. :) I do use tepid water from the faucet to water the plants I have that are still alive, never took the challenge of having an orchid. Good luck, hope it survives.
 
SeaBreeze said:
You sound like me, my husband says I kill my plants with kindness. :) I do use tepid water from the faucet to water the plants I have that are still alive, never took the challenge of having an orchid. Good luck, hope it survives.
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Thanks SB.

The water was in the fridge because it has some kind of orchid nutrients in it that can go bad. Michelle made it. It's in a jar and forgot to warm it up a little in a pot of hot water.
 
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