please help me... in trouble, sick Moth Orchid
Dear Orchid friends, Three days ago, I rescued two beautiful Moth Orchids from being thrown away. They where gifts to dear friends, but unfortunately the gift wrap(plastic, tissue,ribbons) where never taken off the pots. So the poor orchids sat in this suffocating environment for some months. When I saw them, I noticed that a rotting smell was coming from them... So I asked if I could try and help them. First I unwrapped the pots, but the tissue had sunken in was smally, and stuck to them. Not knowing what to do, I put them in the sink with warm water (like hurt children) and soaked off the smelly tissue from the the plants bases, the "fluffy stuff", and the pots. They are now in the east windows of my room... trying to air out? Then last night, I noticed black smelly slime in the base of the leaves stem, on one of the Orchids. Then this morning its two lovely leaves let go, it was dark and mushy at the base? It still has one leaf, it still has a stem with two blooms. Both Orchids will soon loose their blooms ... I will cut them back? But its this one poor Orchid that so concerns me, is it dying, can I save it... what should i do? I am a poor and humble Zen student. I live at a Zen Buddhist Center, in Boston. I pray to them, they sit on my Alter with Buddha! Is this going to be a lesson in impermanance? I have always loved Orchids, but I dont know how to maintain them... please help me save them?
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