The Phal abuse ends here.

[hoalan]

Help! I just discovered this forum. New to orchids but looks like it will become a hobby. I have 3 phala. One of them has adequate roots but all the leaves are wilted still green. I think it needs more water because the medium was dry. Will the leaves survive? Is there a way to save the leaves? I read that if there's no leaves revival will be unlikely.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by hoalan

Help! I just discovered this forum. New to orchids but looks like it will become a hobby. I have 3 phala. One of them has adequate roots but all the leaves are wilted still green. I think it needs more water because the medium was dry. Will the leaves survive? Is there a way to save the leaves? I read that if there's no leaves revival will be unlikely.

Always check the roots 1st before making any conclusions.

You must know what is really happening with the plants, not blindly guess at what's happening.

Just because the leaves are shriveling doesn't necessarily mean it's because of lack of water just by itself.

It may mean the plant isn't getting enough water because the roots are mostly dead.

Finding the true problem is the challenge, there's no way to figure it out in simplistic terms necessarily speaking. Sometimes it is simple, other times the problem seems simple, but is actually much more complicated.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by hoalan

I read that if there's no leaves revival will be unlikely.

That's not necessarily true.

I currently have a Phal without any leaves whatsoever, and it's very much alive!

If you like I can post a picture of it just to prove my point.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Pics of a leafless Phal.

Been like this for about 3 wks to a month.

I got it with leaves, but the leaves were damaged, so the Phal dropped them.

This is a perfect example to also illustrate the photosynthetic nature of the roots and why this is an advantageous trait, and therefore the reason why they have retained that ability.

If you notice the roots are very green, which means there are lots of chloroplasts doing their thing.

These kinds of situations do happen, and there are times when those Phals, Kingidiums, or Doritis may not dead.

[kaarthiik]

Guys,

Great work!. Sharing your knowledge...

Its of great help for people like me who are new to orchids.
Really helpful.

Thanks a ton Philip and others!

Kaarthiik

[BobInBonita]

Request to Philip (the King), since he is the biggest contributor to this sticky and "the moderator":

There is so much great info here, but it is hard to sort through and find specific topics.

Much of it is in a convenient Q&A format, but it is interspersed with thanks, comments, questions, and superfluous stuff.

Would it be possible to re-order the whole sticky and get rid of the "noise". It would make a good resource into a great resource.

Thanks either way for all the info

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by BobInBonita

Request to Philip (the King), since he is the biggest contributor to this sticky and "the moderator":

There is so much great info here, but it is hard to sort through and find specific topics.

Much of it is in a convenient Q&A format, but it is interspersed with thanks, comments, questions, and superfluous stuff.

Would it be possible to re-order the whole sticky and get rid of the "noise". It would make a good resource into a great resource.

Thanks either way for all the info

I don't think I can organize that, I have no way of editing the entire thread in such a way.

If I were able to, I would also have to re-organize all the other contributor's information as well. They mention some stuff that might be helpful to others that I don't necessarily know about or mention.

I do understand the point being made though.

[piaffe97]

Hello All!! I recently posted a thread (in beginners) called "phal with black spots on leaves" with some photos....if anyone would be willing to check it out and give me some advice that would be amazing!!! I've gotten one response but I'd love some other input. If I should repost on here, please let me know

[Angurek]

Just a word of warning for potential newbie phal buyers:

If you see the so-called "Blue Mystique" phals at your local supermarket or hardware store, don't be fooled into thinking that that's their real color. Unless you wanna be the proud owner of a white NOID phal, I suggest you pass them up and keep looking. Phal flowers are not naturally blue - the color is achieved by injecting blue dye into the flower spike.

[Johnnyb]

I am some what new to growing orchids. I have been playing with them for a few years, recently I have become quite an avid grower with the room I have available. I seem to have a devil of a hard time growing phals except in my basement where I keep them under my growing light. With that being said, the condition of the orchids upon my recieving them is not always the best. I get them from a friend who is a florist. She buys them to cut the blooms, she use to throw them away, untill I discovered what she was doing. Now I have enough orchids to choke a horse. The best growing windows in my house seem to be my west windows. I live in the city, our neighbors house is quite close to ours; so the sun is only direct for 30-50 mins at most in this window. Otherwise it is very indirect. My phals just dont like it at all. We keep our house around 69 durring the day, and 67 at night. As it warms up our house will get up to 74 or 75 durring the day, and back down to 68 at night. I fertilize every other time I water with extremely diluted fertilizer. My phals do amazing in my basement! Not good at all upstairs. I have 25 different types of orchids upstairs, they do great up there. I know this is a lot of info, and somewhat of a loaded question.

Thanks,

John