Phalaenopsis with floppy leaves

[chels84]

Hi everyone . This is my first time posting but I've been reading lots.
I repotted 2 rescue phals ( grocery store) that were very dehydrated I brought them home cleaned them and repotted them. Roots were pretty good but the leaves are still sad and laying on the sides on the pots . Does anyone know why this might be ? Will they just stay this way till they get replaced by new leaves ?

[Orchid Whisperer]

If the roots are good, the limp leaves will recover somewhat, and function to help nourish the plant, but might never be "beautiful" again. They should stay on the plant until they fall off on their own.

Usually with a plant like this, I recommend taking the bare root plant and suspend it in a jar so the roots are in the jar, leaves are out. Soak the roots for an hour a day, drain the water off, let the roots dry a bit, soak again the next day. Keep doing this for a couple weeks or until the wrinkled leaves seem to recover as much as they are going to (i.e., they hopefully have improved somewhat, but are not improving further).

Afterward, repot, bark or other chunky medium. Unless your climate is dry, no sphagnum in the new medium.