Root discoloration

[Mandy2705]

My go to place for discounted orchids is King Scoopers and so I got two for $2 each. I was looking closely at the roots and there was one the had an area colored red/pink. The red of the root is green? Anybody has advice on what to do or what it is?

[wintergirl]

It looks like something had spilled on the plant in that area. I think it might have been awhile back as the one root looks dead and dried. I guess you could rinse the water through that area when watering to make sure that whatever it was is rinsed out. Just my guess.

[dangerouseddy]

some of the root tips on my phals are pinkish/purple think its normal

[wintergirl]

Originally Posted by dangerouseddy

some of the root tips on my phals are pinkish/purple think its normal

Could be but these don't look like the tips, more like the sides and just in a small area. It looks white around the pink and the other part of a root dried up. Maybe there are other areas not seen with pink tips. I know some phals get pink /red tints, but it looks like just in a small almost circular area from the picture.

[dangerouseddy]

you could be right, it is a bit hard to tell from the picture whats going on

[Mandy2705]

Sorry for my late reply, it's not the end of the root, it's more of a bend and where it is pink there is another off shoot of a root. My pictures doesn't really show that 😞 the plant itself is really healthy. I have looked at the root ends and they are not pinkish/ red which worried me. This was bought at a grocery store what it may be that something pink or red was spilt on it.