Like Silken, I've never seen a Phal do this, and have no idea why it would, especially collecting in the crown like that.

I'd be concerned as honeydew doesn't usually collect at such a rapid rate. You might see a few droplets over the course of a day but not in a matter of hours where it fills the crown like that.

How long would you say this has been occuring? Would you say that this liquid is coming from within the crown itself? How does the crown between the 2 newest leaves look when you've removed the liquid? Is there any rot? Is there any new growth?

Sorry for all the questions, just trying to get a handle on what might be going on. :)


Judi

I've had phals for years now, and a lot of them and have seen them do odd things but I've never even heard of this. I'm super interested though. I really hope you figure it out! It's so weird to me

It makes me wonder if the crown isn't actually rotting and that is what the fluid is. All the happy sap I have seen is more clear not milky.

I agree, it sounds strange. And I get lots of drops on parts of plants, but not pools of it.

I agree with what wintergirl said, that the happy sap I've seen has always been clear

I've had a Phal with crown rot get brownish fluid in the crown ...

if it was mine id probably dump a bunch of cinnamon powder in the crown just in case its rot.

I'm pretty positive that's exactly how swamp thing was born o be careful!

Yep it's bizarre. All my other phals drain from the crown easily except this one. I can't see any signs of rot but it may well be from within. I'm going to have a closer look later and will post some pictures..

Maybe dump some hydrogen peroxide in there in case it's rot? But I agree that'it's strange, and have never seen such a thing on my Phals either.