New Orchid Drooping Flowers: Fruit Ethylene, Not Overwatering

One-Week Plant = Not Overwatering

Root rot takes weeks. Drooping flowers in days = ethylene from ripening fruit.

Action

• Move fruit >8 ft away.
• Check temps: >85°F or <50°F? Sudden >10°F change?
• Drooped buds/flowers = lost; others may survive if cause removed.

Outdoors?

Depends on your climate/weather.