Strange fluid keeps pooling in the Crown of my phal..

[Jol]

So I'm sort of a beginner when it comes to orchids and I have no idea how to deal with this issue.

one of my phalss continually has water pooling in the Crown despite me not watering it. I watered the plant about four days ago and soaked up all the water in the Crown with a tissue. However since then I notice a pool of liquid continually accumulating in the Crown every few hours or so, even though I soak it up each time. My plant is planted in a mix of perlite, bark, charcoal in a plastic sleeve. I've taken it out of the decorative pot it sat in to help it air out thoroughly. The media is slightly damp underneath. So nothing unusual there...

Any ideas what could be causing this???

[Alexk82]

Are you growing indoors or outside??

[Jol]

Indoors, on a bright windowsill. All my phals are always indoors.

[Subrosa]

What is the viscosity of the liquid?

[Jol]

It appears to be tinged white and slightly gooey.

[Subrosa]

Honeydew, aka happy juice. A good thing as long as no aphids are present.

[Jol]

Here are some pics. Ahh so phals can excrete fluid??

[Alexk82]

I thought honeydew only came from flowers

[silken]

I've never seen it collect in the crown like this, but it can be found on the tips and edges of leaves and the new growths as well.

[dangerouseddy]

I get some happy sap on flower spikes.

that orchid must have a good root system as well as leaves to be able to produce that much liquid.