Please tell me what these growths on my orchid are!

What I do dragon is to just lay it on top of some soil and tuck those roots down in. I leave the leaf part exposed, and cover up just the roots that are dangling. Then I take an old bobby pin, or something like that, and push it down into the soil right over the root that I buried. (That keeps it from popping back out of the soil until it's firmly attatched.) If you don't have a bobby pin, just take an old paper clip and make a U shape out of it, that works too. Keep the soil moist and it should re-root on it's own. My orchids have thick leaves (kind of like a christmas cactus) so if a leaf comes off, or gets broken off, I take that leaf and let it sit for a couple days. What that does is form a scab on the part that broke off, and when it's scabbed then I do the same as above and I get a whole new plant. Not sure, but I think almost everybody in my family now has their own orchid plants lol.

Joyful is giving good advice. You don't cut these roots, you just give them places to bend over and grow. Orchids love a humid climate with light and warmth but not really direct sunlight. Don't forget that they live in tropical rain forests where they see mostly green light and a little sun; they get plenty of water(but not so as to be swamped all the time) and that soil they prefer is acid. There are other orchids which are adapted to alkaline soil and love our local pastures of chalk turf. Most orchids are VERY fussy ... they very often need a very specific fungus somewhere nearby before their seeds even think about germinating.

Thank you both for your very helpful information and the website! My orchid is flowering right now and I read it's not good to re-pot at this time but I'll follow your very good advice when I can transfer it!

I fed it just the other day, so at least it's not hungry. Do I really need special soil for it? I have a nice pot ready for it when I transplant it. Thanks!

You are probably giving it enough water and feed. I think maybe repotting is what it needs. Orchids (or, at least, the kind you are nurturing) are epiphytes. They like a slightly acid soil with plenty of humus, diffused (not direct) light, a humid atmosphere ... the kind of air conditioned environment we like doesn't really suit orchids! and LOVE!

i like your comment owlwings.. thx. do you know how to split or grow a new one orchid aside from it's main plant? i wonder how to it.

Thank you, I hope they will burrow back down into the soil. I'll give it a bigger home after I get some orchid soil!

well. i hope your orchid will grow better in the new pot.

I don't know what type it is but I've received some very good advice here. It will soon be in a new, bigger pot and the roots will hopefully grow well.