Crown rot sneaks up

[JMNYC]

Originally Posted by Skycat

No, I'm pretty sure that's mold. I actually had the plant for about two months, and it's seemed fine for most of that time.

I've had Phals for almost 10 months now, and I've found that it tends to work for me to pot them in bark (or mostly bark with maybe a little sphagnum) and water them when the insides of the pots look dry. But even though I do have a system that's worked for that long, I still kind of feel like a beginner because I don't have a lot of experience with the problems that people have.

Thanks for that clarification re mold not mealies, I was not sure.

Growing orchids is an infinite, heady, dynamic journey and learning curve....but, think, therein we find some of the excitement!

And to me, not only was there nothing wrong with yr putting up those images, being relegated to putting up depictions of conventional health and beauty, is, for me, a dangerous, truncating patination, and the opposite of keepin it Real. REAL....rocks.