Hi all,
I bought a Phal last Xmas for my mum, but I kind of took it on to look after it. I didn't know a huge amount about Orchids, but love the beauty of them and astounded at how many varieties there are.
The Phal's been blooming since I got it, so nine months. Its grown one new spike, the middle one, which was growing sideways so I trained it up to go in between the other two.
A couple of days ago the new stem either got knocked or buckled under its own weight and was hanging, not totally broken. As soon as I saw it I tied it just under the break (see photo) and so far it seems ok.
One of the older stems is dying, I've read you can cut it at the base or at one of the nodes for it to maybe bloom again. Would cut at base be best as its been blooming for 9 months?
One of the leaves have split, not sure why this happened, I assume it fine just to leave it?
Also should I trim the dead roots off or should I wait until I re-pot, again not really knowing when to do that.
I water it about once a week and use the baby bio orchid food in every water.
Sorry for all the questions
Thanks
Dan