help with my phalaenopsis

[dani13]

Hello,

My Phalaenopsis is really stubborn in not blooming. I changed its light conditions and I still have no luck. Since I started watering less frequently a few months ago, I noticed that most of the roots have dried out. Is this irreversible? I am attaching some pictures. Also, two of the leaves have developed some whitish/transparent areas - not sure what to make of those. I do not use fertilizer. I got it a bit over a year ago and I never re-potted it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dani

[johnblagg]

Originally Posted by dani13

Hello,

My Phalaenopsis is really stubborn in not blooming. I changed its light conditions and I still have no luck. Since I started watering less frequently a few months ago, I noticed that most of the roots have dried out. Is this irreversible? I am attaching some pictures. Also, two of the leaves have developed some whitish/transparent areas - not sure what to make of those. I do not use fertilizer. I got it a bit over a year ago and I never re-potted it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dani

You need to unpot and look at the roots you do not see since they are drying out above the moss....You may have rot problems and need to move it out of moss into bark possible ....moss works well for some people but in general I think most of us dont do well with moss.

Bark is a common medium but you really need to research the different kinds of mediums before you choose .It may just be that the moss your is in is old also.

[dani13]

Thank you so much for your answer. I took a closer look at the roots. It seems that most of them are OKish, except the ones located on top. I will re-pot it - should I use a larger pot when I change the medium?
Thank you and have a nice weekend!
Dani

[johnblagg]

Originally Posted by dani13

Thank you so much for your answer. I took a closer look at the roots. It seems that most of them are OKish, except the ones located on top. I will re-pot it - should I use a larger pot when I change the medium?
Thank you and have a nice weekend!
Dani

Thats going to be depending on how many good roots are in there and if you feel it is too crowded ...probably not.

if you got a good look ate the roots in the pot and most are okish ....can you post a picture of them?That will let everyone advise you better.Okish is getting close to iffy could be you just caught the problem in time.