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Old 10-10-2012, 03:30 PM
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Default Rescue Phal, could use some advice

I was just staying with my brother for a bit and rescued a Phal from his place, he is a straight-up plant killer. This is my first orchid but I have a lot of house plants. It would for sure die at his place so I thought to give it a chance at least.

It looked like it has not been watered in a long time, two leaves left, very soft and droopy. I watered it and today repotted it, slightly larger ceramic orchid pot with bark (which is what it was originally potted in). I watched some videos on repotme.com so I had some idea how to repot, and once I took the plant out of it's old medium I took off any clearly rotten roots. There were some yellow roots I was not sure about...they were not soft and mushy but not too healthy looking either. I cut some of them that were darker near the stem.

I also ended up cutting off one of the remaining leaves because it was turning black at the end, didn't want too because I know the plant needs some leaves but it was so unhealthy.

I just watered the little fellow and will place it in a bright but not-direct sun area. Any recommendations on how to nurse it back to life? The remaining leaf is not too bad, doesn't look great but at least not super soft and gross. Lots of the root looked very nice, green and fresh.

Attached is a photo I took during the repot and another of the plant with one leaf.

A couple of specific questions I have are:
Where is the best place to put this plant? My apartment in general is very bright, with lots of direct or indirect light. I know not to put it in the direct sun, but how much indirect? For example my kitchen is really bright, I could put it on top of the fridge where I have a couple other tropical plants. Otherwise, my living room is bright but I have curtains so it is not as harsh. Really I would prefer to keep it in the living room on my desk, then I am sure to see it regularly and keep up on the watering. FYI my entire apartment has West facing windows, with the exception of the bedroom, which has North facing. Bedroom has dark curtains, though, and is the least bright room in my apartment.

That's my second question, about the watering....I know it needs to dry out between waterings, and unfortunately I did not soak the bark before repotting. I live in a cold climate which gets very dry in the winter (fast approaching), although my apartment is really warm. I am happy to spray the plant on a regular basis as I do with some other tropicals.

I have been reading the thread "The Phal abuse ends here" and getting more advice from it.

Any other advice? I really want to save this little plant.

Thanks in advance,
La Chica
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