i need help please

[Ross]

Originally Posted by daniel

the leave are soft now :-(

Daniel, this is because the rootlets you have remaining are missing the velamin that normally supplies them with moisture. Don't cut anything off. Just place the whole plant, just as it is, in a large zip-loc baggie (big, like gallon sized or larger, if you can find one) with a wad of damp sphagnum or even a damp sponge. Keep this whole setup out of direct sunlight - something like a north-facing window. Keep it warm if possible. Every week or so open the bag, blow into it with your breath several times, then reseal it. Watch for signs of mold. That will appear as white hairy grow on the roots and plant. If this happens, leave the baggie open for an hour or so till the white stuff disappears. Reseal. In time (if lucky) green 'nubbins' will appear at base of lower leaves. Also the leaves will firm back up. The green nubbins will be new roots. When these get pretty long, like a couple cm or so, repot in new medium. You'll have to keep the repotted plant moist, but not wet, by keeping the whole setup in a relatively high humidity. Sounds complicated but it's simpler than it sounds. Folks around here call this sphag-and-bag.

[LionEve]

Hi Ross, as a newby here everything sounds new but this is really something . If I'll have this kind of problems luckily I can do this all in my study room, behind locked doors. Nobody would believe their eyes seeing me breathing into plastic bag . This was so well explained though I'll remember for sure what to do.

[daniel]

i reported the plant 3 week ago. should i remove the plant from the media and put it in a zip lock bag whit no media.

[Royal]

If it has no roots, the media isn't really giving the plant anything except a little relative humidity around the lower leaves. I'd take Ross' advice. Putting it in the bag will allow the plant to take up some water while it sllooowwwly puts on new roots.

If you leave it potted, hold back on water a little so things don't get worse.

[daniel]

i have put it in a big bag ? whit a blue sponge that is wet
should i cut the 3 stem to put it in a smaller bag ?

[tuvoc]

I would say cut of the spikes, they are putting a strain on the plant. Also, if you have some, wrap the base in some damp moss. Remember, this can take a while. Good luck.

Kim

[Royal]

Looks good. Remember to watch for mold/fungus and to open the bag every once in a while to exchange the air. I like Ross' idea of blowing into the bag. It'll fill it with some CO2!

[Orchidaholic]

Daniel that looks OK. If you could, put some air into the bag to puff it out. Try to keep the bag from touching the plant as much as possible. Also yes you should cut the stems off cause they are using energy from the phal. The plant needs to put all of its energy into root production. In the mean time you can have a little fun with the cut flower spikes since you have the keiki stuff. You can try to clone this plant from stem propagation so even if the mother plant were to ever die you would atleast have more of the exact same plant! Here's a link to read through on the "how to's" . Lotte & Thomas Orchids
In preperation of this, after you peel back the node, rub some of your keiki stuff on the node. Have fun with it!

[daniel]

thanks a lot for the help. that what i did after all .cutting the spike off and do the node with keili grow.

[Ray]

Daniel, cut the spikes off altogether.

The idea is to remove anything that will take energy away from the plant's efforts to grow new roots. Partially cutting the spike and applying Keiki-Grow to the node is encouraging the formation of a new plant, which defeats that purpose.

One might argue that the keiki-Grow might result in you having a plant when the "mother plant" dies, but in my opinion, you're less likely to be successful with that, considering its current condition.

If I have misunderstood, and you have applied the Keiki-Grow to the nodes of the spikes you removed, then just throw them away. There is insufficient resources within a spike to grow a new plant to the point of being viable.