I picked up my first species phal, a Phal schilleriana 'Pink butterfly' at Carter and Holmes Open House on May 10th. But it doesn't seem to be transitioning to my home very well, and I'm not sure how I can help it.
Here's some pics. The one on the left was taken on the day I brought it home and the one on the right was taken today. It looks like it's going to loose a leaf and a few of the grow tips on the aerial roots have shriveled up.
It's in a 2 1/2 in pot and in a medium I've never seen before (some type of peat/perlite mixture I think). I've been keeping it under my CFL light on a humidity tray (that has pebbles and spag). I've only watered it once (on the 15th) and I think the medium was totally dry (so maybe I needed to water it a little sooner). I should also mention though, that the leaf in question didn't look so bad on the 15th. It's changed color and shriveled pretty quickly. When I watered it, I had a drop of superthrive in the water, but didn't fertilize, since I don't know when it was fertilized last. My el-cheapo humidity meter says it's at about 60%.
All I can figure is that it's in some type of shock from being taken out of the greenhouse, but I'm not sure what I can do if anything.
And here is some eye candy from C&H, just cause...
Phal schilleriana help
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