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Old 04-24-2008, 10:59 PM
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Default Lighting and a recovering Phal

Back in January, I bought my first Phal. It wasn't in bloom, but I'm a patient individual, so I wasn't really that concerned. The foliage was healthy, and that was all that mattered to me. (This was prior to knowing what to look for in a plant, mind you.)

After having it at home for a few weeks, I noticed that the leaves were wilting, pleating, and getting kinda squishy. So I hopped onto the internet to find some help (and that's how I became a member here.) After researching, I instinctively unpotted it and looked at the roots. I found that more than half of them rotted, but I found it in time to still have a pretty nice root system (all things considering.) So I put it into a spag-n-bag type of environment. Well, after about three days in the shaded warm environment, the plant started to mold. I panicked, and took it out of the bag and rinsed it off. I planted it into a bark mix, and it's been doing quite well. It's developed some new little roots, and most of the pleating in the leaves has gone away. (or at least it's not so severe...)

My real question is... Ever since I got the plant, the leaves have been kind of dark. I know that the color of foliage in phals varies with the type of phal, but I want to make sure that I'm adequately caring for it. I also didn't want to stress it since it is still recovering from rot. It's a pink Phal. Wedding Promenade. Any and all opinions are appreciated.

Here are some pictures of the plant. One of it's stem and new roots, and one of the foliage.
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