The Phal abuse ends here.

[RikkiTikkiTavi86]

Hi everyone, I new to this forum and to orchids. My father raised orchids when I was young, but has not done it in years. I call him constantly asking questions and I have two books: Orchids by Brian and Wilma Rittershausen and a Sunset book about orchids. These books are great, but I can't ask them questions...

So here's my issue,

over the past three weeks I have purchased 3 Phals from home depot and lowe's, knowing full well it was a bad idea and a gamble. Today I bought my third one and it is the biggest, it was on clearance because some jerk broke it's flower stem. It is still attached and has one "healthy" flower on it and it's leaves are wilting.

Is there anything specific I need to do for it?

With my other two I water and feed them weekly, and spritz them every morning. They stay in my front window (which faces west) but I have a covered porch. I leave the fan on for constant slow circulation and open the windows when I'm home. I also have dishes with water and rocks in them to keep humidity regular.

What else can I do to help them get healthy?

Thanks for any help,
Rik

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Originally Posted by RikkiTikkiTavi86

Hi everyone, I new to this forum and to orchids. My father raised orchids when I was young, but has not done it in years. I call him constantly asking questions and I have two books: Orchids by Brian and Wilma Rittershausen and a Sunset book about orchids. These books are great, but I can't ask them questions...

So here's my issue,

over the past three weeks I have purchased 3 Phals from home depot and lowe's, knowing full well it was a bad idea and a gamble. Today I bought my third one and it is the biggest, it was on clearance because some jerk broke it's flower stem. It is still attached and has one "healthy" flower on it and it's leaves are wilting.

Is there anything specific I need to do for it?

With my other two I water and feed them weekly, and spritz them every morning. They stay in my front window (which faces west) but I have a covered porch. I leave the fan on for constant slow circulation and open the windows when I'm home. I also have dishes with water and rocks in them to keep humidity regular.

What else can I do to help them get healthy?

Thanks for any help,
Rik

For some ideas, check out some of the pages on this thread. And other threads on this forum. It seems Phals struggle from being shipped to the stores in a wad of soaking wet moss and then they die of root rot as a result. So make sure yours doesn't do that. There are pages and pages of tips and problems with answers here.