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Originally Posted by gardengirl13
So how'd it go? I go against what some people say and re-pot as soon as I get a new orchid. I hate the moss only tightly packed thing they do. Even with the ones from better growers I will still pull it out and look at the roots and put it in the medium I want. If their medium looks good I may add some of that back into the pot (but never the moss!) But for the most part it gets what I want it in. I have lost a few buds from the one phal I got at the grocery store last week (super cheap and very cute, couldn't resist even though it meant getting less food!) he lost one bud (which looked a bit dry at the store to begin with) and the others haven't opened yet, but I'm not too worried.
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Heya it went pretty well i think, i repotted it in really well aerated sphagnum mix as it was all i had on hand. I only used about 1/4 the amount that was originally in the pot though so it should be able to breathe much better. When i was taking it out of its old medium all of it's roots looked wonderfully healthy until i got to the center and most of the roots in the center were completely yellow and some had cracks in them none of them were mushy and rotten though so i just left all of the roots that were their attached then gave it a quick basal dip in 50PPM paclobutrazol to enhance the plants resistance to drought, transplant shock and fungal infection.(as well a few other purposes but i wont get into that here its a long subject lol)
So hopefully she won't even notice that her media was changed except for the fact that her roots can breathe better
So far all of the flowers are still attached and all the leaves are as perky as ever.
Sorry to hear you lost a couple flower buds
but at least your plant is still happy :
congrats and thanks for the advice
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