I think I killed it my orchid ... or have I?
This is one of the first orchids I got about 5 mths ago. It had spider mites, (and to be honest I had no idea what that was til I got into orchids), I took some samples to an orchid breeder and she told me what to do. Quick run down; I thought it was a cattleya from what the nursery that I got it from told me, I treated it as a cattleya orchid. Slight moisture which meant wetting once a week in my area, , repotted it in bark/perlite/clay balls. Gave it a baby shot of 20-20-20 every 2-3 weeks and I put fresh Osmocote to it every 2 months. The colour went from a pale green to a slightly deeper green and the leaves became firmer. Now it's never quite looked plump like pictures I've found since discovering this site and finding out its a oncidum of some sort. Now I need you pros to help me figure out what I'm suddenly doing wrong. It's rainy season here so the temp fluctuates between 28 - 32 deg C and I've realized the bark retains the moisture more than usual, I kept it on a north-easterly window sill up until it started looking poorly again.
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