Cold Damage

[char68paul]

My orchids, mostly phals and dendros were exposed to the 27 degree low we had in Jan. Part of the roof on the shade house blew off. Anyway, at least 1/3 suffered serious damage.
My question is has anyone had phals come back from the roots? The roots appear to still be alive. I pulled a couple out of their pots and I found healthy roots. I am wondering if they are just dying slowly at this point and not really ever coming back.

[RosieC]

I'm afraid I've never had anything as serious as that so I don't really know.

I'm guessing the best you can hope for is that a basel keki could form from the roots and take over where the old leaves have gone, but I'm not sure if that is possible or not.

[Blueszz]

I've seen it often in pictures, but I can't give you a percentage of plants that will survive thru basal keiki's.
Yes I really saw it, plants without leaves, but with the roots still alive, that throw out a basal keiki.
I guess it depends on the fact if parts of the stem are still alive.

[char68paul]

Thanks for the info. I will encourage them as an experiment and I will report if anything grows.