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Old 01-30-2015, 11:31 AM
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Phal: In bloom, new leaf, and possible new spike.
Default Phal: In bloom, new leaf, and possible new spike.

My husband brought home a NoID phal from a big box home improvement store. Very sweet.

The poor thing looks very confused... It's in bloom, (though a sad one, only 3 flowers.) There is another "mitten" coming off that spike. There is a "root" growing out of the base on the opposite side of the spike. It's too little to say what it is for sure, but so far it's moving up the base... She is also working on a new leaf.

Whew. The media is sphag moss, (of course,) and it's kind of nasty. Varying shades of normal brown, dark brown, green... Smells like dirt. That's normal enough, right? It was pretty wet, but I cut a bunch of holes in the crappy container, (that really thin clear stuff,) and it seems to be drying out okay but still quite damp in the middle. Roots at the outer edge are green and plump. Roots near the crown seem thin and are dark brown, though still firm.

Should I do anything? I feel like the plant doing all these things at once is just going to stall it out. I can't really fertilize it to help it along, as I don't want to soak that moss for awhile, and I'm pretty sure I shouldn't repot it, since it's in bloom... Or should I? Should I just cut the spike so it can concentrate on all the other crap it's trying to do? lol

Thanks for any help! I'm obviously a newb!
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