Stupid Phal owner (me)!

[The Mutant]

Yup, me and pure sphagnum don't work together. Since I already have found a medium that works together with me, my conditions, and my watering, I really don't see the point of sacrificing plants for the sake of learning - I can't do that to the poor innocent plants.

I won't re-pot it again since I did it yesterday, but thanks for the advice anyway.

[The Mutant]

I just checked on my little guy, the equestris, to see how it's doing in its new medium (of course it's too soon to tell, I know, but I have to be allowed a bit of mother-hen behaviour ), and noticed something that looks like the tip of a new leaf... A new LEAF?! This guy has got it all wrong! I doesn't need any new leaves, it needs roots dammit!

I'll have serious talk with it after I've eaten my lunch... *grumbles*

[RosieC]

I would say any growth is good, this is the season for growth and on mine new roots often accompany leaf growth... so don't worry too much about the leaf growth

[bballr4567]

Yup, leaf and root growth go hand in hand with phals. All of mine are putting out at least one leaf, three on one, and loads of roots.

[The Mutant]

Yes, any growth IS definitely a positive sign, but I would prefer if it started growing in the right order; roots to support the leaves, leaves to support the plant and finally a spike to celebrate the whole growing party.

Trust me, I'm happy about this and at the same time a bit frustrated since it, according to me - the human, is doing everything in the wrong order!


Edit:
My Phals seem to like the whole "Oh, lets get new leaves everybody!" and forget about the whole root thingy until someone points it out.