let me introduce to my leetle freind

[RJSquirrel]

heres my tiny phal recovery..he had 1 root off a knub left and I been watchin the root nub grow and now I have 2 leafs off a Root and a nub.... tough little plants, remember don't ever give up on an orchid bec they don't give up until you do!!!



aint he cute!!!!!

my other recovery projects are coming along fine too..

[mattryan]

Excellent job!! I have 3 on road to recovery myself. I think changing them from moss to bark and overwatering almost did them in..but all are growing new roots and leaves, i did lose 1 but this board helped me so much probably would of lost them all. Hopefully it will bloom for you..may i ask how long when it is like yours does it take? I have 1 that's got 2 leaves growing 3rd and 2 roots?

[Lady Tottington]

how often do you water that little tiny thing? It's so cute! Looks like it's in good hands

[RJSquirrel]

alot it doesn't take much for him to get dried out in the clay pot with the mixed husk/sphagnum/bark stuff...not much bark on this one cus it needed lots of water with 1 root...funny how you kill them with water and then you have to water them more bec they cant get water from the root bec you killed the rest of the roots ..so that little guys been thru it all

the rest more of the same they have no roots but save a few thick ones that were spared..took about 3 to 4 months to get these back from floppy droopy leaved "trash can phals" to seemingly happy firm leafs and some fat roots ..I learned to check all my plants I buy now even if they are blooming bec when they are done blooming the damage might be too late to correct if it has a problem. If no root problems I just put em back in the pot andbe happy I have good plant

[RosieC]

Cool, well done on your rescues, isn't it great when you can get them to start growing again

[Angurek]

That's just awesome. With a little more TLC, I'm sure they'll be blooming for you very soon.

And you're right about not giving up. That's a lesson my plants have taught me many times over.