severely burnt phal.

[hanzy08]

Originally Posted by syspila

Hmmmm...It needs to be more damp in my estimation, over the years, plus it looks to me like you could use a bit of smaller bark just sifted over the top so it will gradually "fall thru the cracks" in your medium yet still allow for air flow allowing the roots a bit more contact with moisture in the bark. Right now to me it looks a bit too dry. I sometimes use a ziploc bag to keep it in the medium a bit moist...do not put this in direct sun. and i would not stress it any more repotting it and working with it culturewise.

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I just use rainwater and any type of plant food used very weakly and I get good growth and flowering thru the years...repotting plants helps in my culture when they are in normal groth cycles tho I rarely repot a stressed plant.

yeah i think i have to keep it a bit moist. the thing is it was also kept moist most of the time and some roots rotted thats why i repotted. I keep it in the most shady area of my rack..

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I probably would not have gotten that frustrated with the unsightly leaves and just left them on to continue to die back to whatever level they would've died back to on their own. That way, you don't remove tissue that can still provide the nutrients it needs to recover.

I just recently unknowingly burned an Aerides, a Dimorphorchis, and a Vanda. It just got ridiculously hot and sunny this past month, and they got fried. I just let them be and they are making slow recoveries.

[syspila]

Yes that orchid looks like you are loving it to death...that is how we all have learned. Leaving it in an undisturbed situation alwys seems to work wonders for the plant, tho we do learn from what we do, good or not so good. The plant looks awefully yellow now so it may not come around. Are you near a Kroger? They have Phaleanopsis here that have not been kept good in their store so often they sell them for under a dollar. That is a great way to learn the culture with very little spent. They are an easy orchid to learn and they are very common. Not so much 30 years ago!

[Island Girl]

Originally Posted by syspila

Hmmmm...It needs to be more damp in my estimation, over the years, plus it looks to me like you could use a bit of smaller bark just sifted over the top so it will gradually "fall thru the cracks" in your medium yet still allow for air flow allowing the roots a bit more contact with moisture in the bark. Right now to me it looks a bit too dry. I sometimes use a ziploc bag to keep it in the medium a bit moist...do not put this in direct sun. and i would not stress it any more repotting it and working with it culturewise.

---------- Post added at 10:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 AM ----------

I just use rainwater and any type of plant food used very weakly and I get good growth and flowering thru the years...repotting plants helps in my culture when they are in normal groth cycles tho I rarely repot a stressed plant.

My I wouldn't put a plastic bag over it... That would just provide an even better opportunity for its remaining leaves to rot... And if they had already started to rot (which the op said is why they cut off the leaves, no?) then it'll be that much worse. An orchid can recover from being kept a little too dry, but when kept too moist/wet, then it becomes more difficult to recover. I'd just say to water it as you would normally, and keep it in as humid a place as you can, but with plenty of air movement.

[syspila]

You do not soak in the bag just a bit of miosture. I have used this technique a lot over the years with great results.