My Mini Phal Spike with buds & blooms TURNING BROWN!!

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Hi Everyone,

My Mini Phal is in Bloom and has 4 more buds on it. However the spike branch has a tiny part from where the bud fell off and now its turning brown and woody.
What can i do to stop it from turning the entire spike woody?
I am worried if i leave it the way it is, it will continue getting brown and affect the blooms and the buds!

Any suggestions are welcome!
Sonal

[escualida]

I think it's pretty normal, it looks like it's only doing so where there aren't any buds anymore. I don't think there's anything you can do about it really.

That phal doesn't look very "mini" to me, how big is it?

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Hi Adriana,

Thanks for the reply!
I got this orchid from Trader Joes. It was tagged as Mini Orchid! It is around 18 inches tall.

Sonal

[escualida]

It's lovely but they must have mislabeled it

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Thanks for letting me know
I am still in the learning process..This Phal came in a tiny pot 3" pot, healthy roots and is not root bound. It looked very small compared to the other Phals out there, so i thought may be it is Mini. And ofcourse it was also tagged as Mini Orchid. I guess all labels are not accurate.

[leslieann79]

For what its worth my mini's are much smaller than that. It's a lovely flower. I almost bought one like that today at my local grocer.

[DweamGoiL]

I havea mini and when she is in bloom, her flower stalks stand at about 8" tall max and the flowers are about an inch in size. They are quite dainty.

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Oh Thanks for the info guys..I guess mine is not a mini then I wanted a tini mini phal..will keep an eye out for one