phal crown turn black or disease?

[dsim]

it has been hanging fine for 8 mths; with nice leaves. today, as i was cutting away an old leave (for the first time), i found a new leave (no more in picture) is rotting from inside out - and it dropped off.

phal crown (or base) turn black / rotting? or disease?

anything i can do to help? or just watch?

[Ray]

It looks to me like the normal dropping of an old leaf, so nothing to worry about. What you're seeing is dead tissue succumbing to a mold or fungus. It will drop off too.

It is not "crown rot", as the crown is the center of the growth, where new leaves originate.

A general comment: I suspect you are not watering or feeding the plant sufficiently, as I would expect the plant to have more, and fleshier leaves. Maybe it's being kept too bright, too.

[dsim]

Originally Posted by Ray

It looks to me like the normal dropping of an old leaf, so nothing to worry about. What you're seeing is dead tissue succumbing to a mold or fungus. It will drop off too.

It is not "crown rot", as the crown is the center of the growth, where new leaves originate.

A general comment: I suspect you are not watering or feeding the plant sufficiently, as I would expect the plant to have more, and fleshier leaves. Maybe it's being kept too bright, too.

hopefully it is just a dead tissue with mold/fungus like you observed. however, a new leave dropped off from the centre too - as it seems to rot at the base of the plant. let's see what happens next.

thanks for the comment - it is mounted and hang under shade, and watered daily. but i have not feed the plant probably its time to feed

[Gin]

Question what is the base sitting on ?

[dsim]

Originally Posted by Gin

Question what is the base sitting on ?

a piece of wood, pieces of charcoal & bricks, and some moss that decided to grow there