Another of my phals repotted today

[en3rmax]

Hi there OB,

Thought i'd post some pics of another of my phals i repotted today.

I let it soak in a bucket to remove all the old medium and presoaked some orchid mix, i use a small and medium douglas fir bark, perlite and sponge mix, this has worked really well for my other phals.

I left the spikes on for now as one is still in flower, i find the canes hold the plant stable till it gets well established in the new medium.

[karlos879]

Wonderful photos and great flowers.
Just wondering what you do to get the leaves looking so healthy?
I can't seem to get them looking near that.......
Karl.

[RJSquirrel]

nice plants indeed

Everytime I try to re-pot a phal it dies..Im not going to repot them anymore and just leave alone the few I have left..If I leave them alone they do fine...cant imagine that

[RosieC]

Look like a good job

[en3rmax]

Originally Posted by karlos879

Just wondering what you do to get the leaves looking so healthy?
I can't seem to get them looking near that.......
Karl.

Hi karlos,

I brought this phal about 3 months ago, and i searched through quite a few phals to get the best looking one with the really healthy leaves.

I just make sure the plant is watered correctly and fertilized, i just give the leaves a wipe every now and again with water.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

nice plants indeed Everytime I try to re-pot a phal it dies..Im not going to repot them anymore and just leave alone the few I have left..If I leave them alone they do fine...cant imagine that

I had that to begin with and I just could not understand what I was doing wrong. I'm now pretty sure that it was down to the medium I was using, not had a problem since I changed to a higher quality one from an orchid specialist. I had previously been using stuff from the local garden center and I now believe it was already decaying in the bag.

[en3rmax]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I had that to begin with and I just could not understand what I was doing wrong. I'm now pretty sure that it was down to the medium I was using, not had a problem since I changed to a higher quality one from an orchid specialist. I had previously been using stuff from the local garden center and I now believe it was already decaying in the bag.

Yes i did a lot of research before i brought my medium, i went with the multi purpose orchid mix from orchidaccessories.co.uk this a really good quality mix, it smells like a fresh fir tree :-)

my first repot in this medium is going really well

here is a pic, it was repotted in march, this was my first orchid brought for me as a gift, it means a great deal to me.

[RosieC]

Yeah, I had the problems like RJ reports of not knowing whey they kept dying UNTIL I used the OrchidAccessories stuff. As you say it smells really fresh and it's absolutly bone dry. I love it, I have seperate ingrediants from them and mix them myself but I think it's the same stuff he just mixes it for you if you get one of his mixes.

[jgilbert]

Just beautiful leaves!