I am new to orchids and so I started off with a mini phal. Unfortunately I think due to the fact that I wasn't using room temperature water to water it, most of it's roots have rotted or died off. So now I'm currently trying to revive the little thing and have done a bit of digging on the Internet to find ways to keep it alive. Also I've read that phal's can be resilient and I hope that's the case for mine. Any help would be appreciated, I have some pictures of what I am currently doing with it.
I am currently trying the Sphag and Bag method however I have noticed that it looks like the only roots it has are slowly dying or that white stuff was forming on the roots and the stake so I have taken it out of the bag for now and am hoping to get more feedback on this. The setup I had for the sphag was a plastic dish with some white fish gravel which had been filled with some water, along with having the orchid itself attached to a stake with some sphagnum moss surrounding it in a plastic cup. Then the entire plant along with the plastic dish was placed in a Ziploc bag but not sealed completely. I also have a terrarium hygrometer placed inside the bag which showed it had 80% humidity. However I was unsure if the entire bag should be placed under a fluorescent bulb that I have my other plants under. Also I wasn't sure if I should be spraying the roots with water and such.
The orchid was placed in the bag for about a week or almost that and it still looks fairly healthy from what I can tell, however the two roots that it has doesn't.
I have looked at a few other methods for helping root production, like putting the orchid in a water culture, or placing the orchid in a pot full of sphagnum moss and keeping it moist. Unfortunately I don't have any sphagnum moss and am waiting for some that I ordered to arrive.
So is there any hope for saving my little phal? Also I hope this is the correct place for this. I'm hoping I did this correctly.
Mini Phal root help
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