One of the best defenses in protecting your plant from orchid disease is constant observation and inspection. Because orchids are slow growing plants it may take some time before problems become apparent. By this time your plant may have lost all its roots and will either die or will require many months of attentive.

Maintaining the proper relationship between humidity and temperature and abundant fresh air will go a long way to prevent these diseases. Orchids can be particularly susceptible to orchid disease because of the specific environment in which they grow. For example, if you are watering your plant incorrectly by using too little or too much water it will become apparent as leaves become yellow and drop off, but this might not occur until eight weeks later. Poor growing conditions such as low temperature and high humidity can cause black rot, leaf spot and soft rot. Careful handling of your plants will allow you to spot symptoms of disease so you can take immediate action to remedy the cause.

Virtually every plant is plagued with some variety of disease or pest.