Repotted leafless, grey roots, green spike, gnats, and HEAVY METAL
Please help! I'm doing all I can to save my first phal, please see what I've done below. Sorry for the length of post.
1. It's a large regular phal, with leaves about 6 inches long. When purchased it had two spikes with blooms, but only one bud.
2. Within four days all the blooms fell off. Two days later the bud fell off. Everything withered before falling off.
3. Fungus gnats appeared.
4. A couple of days after the flowers fell off, one of the beautiful, green leaves fell right off for no apparent reason! Seriously, just like that!
5. I decided to repot, pray, and play heavy metal music.
When I took the plant out, I discovered it was two plants:
Plant #1 is a leafless nub, but it has a couple green roots and the spike is still mostly green and firmly attached.
Plant #2 has three leaves and few green roots; I cut off its dead spike at the base.
I sterilized the plastic pot and tools while the plants were laid aside.
Most of the roots were wiry and grey and/or mushy on both plants, so I cut off a lot with sterile scissors.
I put both plants back in the same pot. The remaining spike on Plant #1 is Y-shaped. One side has dark green mittens, but the other side was dying so I trimmed the tip and sprinkled with cinnamon.
I placed them near a southeasterly window with closed venetian blinds. It's probably 78 degrees or so there.
It's been one week. No sign of gnats and I still see green roots. I think they MAY be doing okay, but here are my questions:
Plant#1: Why in heck would this leafless nub still have a green spike? Should I cut off the spike or leave it be or toss the entire thing in the garbage? Will it infect my other plant? Also, it's still turning brown past where I cut it already, below the cinnamon. Is the other end of the forked spike with the mittens a lost cause for blooms?
Plant #2: I think there MAY be some barely yellowish spots on the leaves. Maybe I'm paranoid. Otherwise her leaves are shiny and firm.
MANY THANKS!!!
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