My first orchid death, and it's not even my plant. It was my sister's Phal that she was leaving with me for an undetermined amount of time because she didn't have space in her dorm room.
I'm normally very careful to not let water get into the crown, but I guess sometimes a little drop can sneak into the base of a leaf, and then this happens
I hate to chuck anything that's still green, but... yeah, this one's obviously gone; it's just gonna get more moldy anyway.
The spike is still nice and green, though. So I've got it cut off and put in a vase of water in hopes of a keiki (more on this subject in another topic).
I'm certainly not getting my sister another one, not until she's able to actually keep plants at her place. If I get another one now, I'll just wind up attached to it.
Crown rot sneaks up
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