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03-28-2010, 02:07 PM
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Please Help Me!!!
Hi everyone! I have had my Phalaenopsis for a year and she was blooming when I bought her. Thinking it was going to be easy to care for her, well here we are down the road and she started to bloom but blooms just wilted and fell off. Thinking that it was because she her stem needed to be trimmed, I just trimmed it down a little. That was about 5 months ago. Her leaves are dark green and kinda wrinkly looking now. So I started doing research on how to get her back to health. Being new to this I read online to replant her and give her fertilizer. I did that, she is in Orchid mix. Well when I pulled her out of her container it was really damp and her roots were white and some even fell off leaving hanging strings. This was on Friday, well her leaves look a little yellow on the ends. So my question is what could this be and If and How can I save her?
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03-28-2010, 02:11 PM
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Welcome to OB!
From what you discribed it sounds like root rot. Is it possible for you to post any pictures to confirm?
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03-28-2010, 02:14 PM
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Would it hurt her to pull out take pictures and put back in?
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03-28-2010, 02:18 PM
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03-28-2010, 02:19 PM
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No it won't hurt her as long as you are gentle in taking her out & putting her back! In my experience phals don't miss a beat..
post some pics
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03-28-2010, 02:56 PM
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On a positive note her stem is turning more green at the top. |
03-28-2010, 03:55 PM
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It's more than "saveable"..
You have alot of dead roots. You need to feel the roots one by one. all that are soft you need to cut off...
From the pic I'd say all except 2? but you need to feel them to be sure.
Then soak in rooting hormone and re pot - if you repot in bark don't forget to soak it first.
Just keep it a bit on the 'dry side' compared to what you have been doing & watch the couple of roots that are 'good' - only wet when they look dry also another method to help with watering is the "skewer method"; make sure the skewer goes through the centre of the root ball as the middle is where they rot faster as the medium takes longer to dry out.
Good luck & keep us posted so we can help
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03-28-2010, 04:11 PM
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Thanks for all the advice!! Would it be better to cut them now or wait till I am able to get root hormone? Also is Root tone ok to use?
Last edited by Nandrea22; 03-28-2010 at 04:19 PM..
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03-28-2010, 04:48 PM
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KLN or Super thrive are better rooting hormones for orchids. Your plant looks to be a bit over potted, the pot should fit the roots. It might also be a good idea to cut the flower spike close to the base of the plant to encourage root growth.
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03-28-2010, 05:02 PM
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I live in a small town and all I found Is Quart Plant Starter Bonide, Would this work or should I wait till I can go to the city?
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