Phal mutation and Phal rescueS

[joveaurora]

everyone I am new to the forum, actually more of a lurker. I am also an orchid killer. I did manage to keep two of my plants alive from last year. However one of them has grown a weird leaf. I emailed the seller and she said that it was a mutation and that my plant was fine. However she said that this kind of mutation was rare and she doesn't know the name of it. I was kinda hoping to do some research myself but its hard when you don't know what you are searching for.

Does anyone know what kind of mutation this is and should I be worried?




Also I wanted to share... on Friday I went a little overboard and got a whole bunch of rescue orchids.

My goodness I did not think it was going to be so much work. I end up doing the no no and worked with all the orchids together. There was no way that i could have done one by one. Well I could but it would take a much longer time.



Here is what i have done for the plants...
1. trim rotting rots and bruised leaves
2. soaked in Physan
3. next soaked for 10mins rooting/fertilizer
4. hung all the plants upside down to dry
5. potted with bark and moss

am i doing this right?

more questions...

1.a couple of plants looks like it is going to spike... do I allow it to grow if the plant has very little roots?
2. what about the plants that already have new stems do I leave them on the plants even though i had to cut a lot of the roots?
3. oh yes i forgot to mention one of the plant has lost all its roots and leaves.. what do I do with that plant?


Thanks for reading and replying!! I hope all my plants survives. I will have more pictures in my album.