Mushy leaves on my Phalaenopsis?

[Tickolas]

Originally Posted by RosieC

The leaf looks OK from the picture, and could just be old.

It concerns me that you say it's mushy though as that doesn't sound good. What do you mean mushy, if it's just limp that is probably just an old leaf, but mushy makes me think of the leaf structure being soft so your finger goes through it easily.

The spike looks fine, personally I usually cut them right down to the bottom near the base of the plant, but while it's not dead it's fine to leave like that and may grow more flowers.

Yeah, "limp" is probably a better word for it. Reckon they're just getting old as you say. I'll just clip em down and put some cinnamon on when they get too ugly I guess =)

The reason I'm asking about that spike is that the plant's flowered several times in the year and a half that I've had it. Just not from that spike, which is the oldest one on the plant (which was flowering when I received it).