phal aerial root turning brown

[dpotslinger]

This is my first post. Unfortunately I can't post a picture yet, but I'll give as much information as possible.
In the past six months my phalaenopsis has grown three beautiful aerial roots. I bought this plant in the beginning of 2012, so I thought it was time to repot it. Shortly after (maybe a week) I noticed one of the roots starting to look funny. As I'm writing this and comparing one root to another, it seems like the sick one is retaining water. I watered a couple days ago, and the other two are all silvery. Any ideas what might be causing this?

[WhiteRabbit]

Hmmm... is that root firm, or soft / squishy?

A pic is definitely helpful ... 5 posts are needed before you can post one, so just post a few more times

[dpotslinger]

It's pretty firm. It seems completely healthy except for what I described.

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After I repotted, this root touches the bark a little bit, but I can't imagine that would hurt it.

[Optimist]

Root turnover in plants. Roots are fairly short lived, and go through a life cycle. As long as not all are turning brown and dying... the nice silver ones are the young healthy roots.

[WhiteRabbit]

Being an aerial root, it could be browning just from being exposed to light and dry air, perhaps.

Roots in the pot look good?

[dpotslinger]

The new roots I mentioned all started growing at the same time.

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Oh! Dry air might be it. I wonder if I can post pics now

[dpotslinger]

First two pics are recent, third is from when I first bought it.

[WhiteRabbit]

Looks fine

[dpotslinger]

Really? The first is the one that concerns me. But if you think it's fine then I won't worry

[Judi]

Looks good to me too!