I'm so bummed!

[AngelinaMaria]

I've had this one phal that I've been trying to nurse back to health for a LONG time, like over a year. I've had it suspended over water and covered with a plastic bag. It had like no roots and for the longest time it's last two leaves were holding on. They were limp but still green until recently. I noticed a little nub of a root starting and it grew to maybe a half inch and kinda stopped growing. The tip was still fresh but it hasn't really grown. So when that stopped growing one of the leafs started to shrivel more and turn yellow from the end up towards the crown then it finally fell off. Then the other leaf started to do the same thing. That's when tonight I looked and the new root was kinda dark, not green and not fresh and new looking any more. I looked closer and it seemed like it was loose (like from the plant, not broken just loose). I figured the only leaf left was going to be gone soon and I hadn't seen any other growth so I decided to just give up on it and toss it. Before I tossed it I wanted to see if where the leaf was attached if it was rotted at all. Doing that I split the leaf down the middle (I figured if I was tossing it I might as well dissect it, maybe learn something). Low and behold there was a new leaf starting way down in there!!!! I was so bummed cuz I just broke the only leaf off and the little root piece that had grown (I broke the root to see if it was alive...I was still bright green inside &#128542 . So there was still a piece of the leaf that had fallen off on its own on there and I peeled it away and there was a tiny new root nub! Ugh! I'm kicking myself for being impatient. It's been well over a year that I've been waiting for progress. I should have just left it alone. 😩 Is it bad that I seriously feel terrible now?? Now I realize it was probably using all its energy to make a new leaf and root and that's why the other leafs were shriveling. 😫


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