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[Undergrounder]

Your plant looks very healthy! It looks like it has been recently repotted and won't need repotting for a while. It's always worth checking the roots of new plants, but if the roots are fine and the moss looks fresh, i would put it back in the same pot with the same moss.

If it seems to be taking more than a week or two to dry out between waterings, you could add in some chunks of styrofoam in the bottom to increase the drainage and make it dry out faster. But in the mean time just water it very conservatively and it do very well.

[mujoo]

I got some presoaked wood bark to day and I am going to repot it. I watched some videos and saw the you pack it pretty tight, just so when you pack it you can lift your actual plant and it won't come out of the container. Is that right? What is your opinion? I now know that is was overwatered from where I got it so I shouldn't water it when I put it back in its new pot? right?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

No, don't pack it tight. You can damage roots that way.

Just pat it down gently.

It'd also help if most of the roots are spread out towards the edge of the inside of the pot. This'll be to your advantage particularly if you have it in a clear plastic pot. That way the roots are better able to photosynthesize because the sun's light can get to them.

Instead of a thorough watering spray the roots until they're damp for 2 to 3 days, then water like normal.

It'll make sense if you look at where they come from in the wild and think about it a bit.

Their roots in the wild are exposed to the humid air. Nothing is packed on top of them.

[mujoo]

Doesn't look good to me. Is it bad?


Did I do a good job repotting it?

Thanks for all your help!

[Ranchnanny]

Mujoo it looks good to me. Now you can view the roots as they grow and the clear pot will allow you to tell when the bark is drying out. I use Thrive to stimulate root growth you don't need much just a few drops in the water will do it.

Good Luck

Sheridan

[Ranchnanny]

Mujoo here are a couple of mine Phals. in s/h medium.

Sheridan

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

The roots don't look horribly bad. But they're not as good as they could be either. It's definitely got a very good chance of growing beautiful roots again.

If it were me though, I'd remove a little of the excess bark from the top. I wouldn't cover up the bottom of the plant. Covering the bottom portion of the plant can cause problems with rot further down the line.

Don't worry if the plant is leaning, that's how they naturally orient themselves anyways. Again, you can refer to the links I posted as reference.

Just point the crown (the top, where the new leaf will emerge from) towards your light source with the leaf tips pointing down and you should be fine.

[mujoo]

and also now that I have replanted it, it is very unstable. Did I Pack it to loose? Any Tips for that.

Thanks for the answers they made me less woried

[lais817]

No offence to the thread starter, but why hasn't a "How to care for a Phal from a grocery store" thread been created and stickied? I've been a member of this site only a few months, and every day I get on and have a look, there is another thread on "how do I save this?"

Am I the only one who'd noticed this?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I doubt the instability is because you packed it too loose.

I believe it's because it's top heavy.

Try using a wire and create a large enough hook to hook onto the body of the plant. Then bend the wire so that it can secure onto the lip of the pot. Make sure the part that latches onto the pot is in the "back end", and the hook is on the "front end" of the plant. In your case, the "back end" is towards where the spike is growing out of.