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Originally Posted by silken
Ooh, those look severely dehydrated! Did you buy them recently and move them from tight balls of moss to this very dry bark? If so, that is probably the problem. The roots don't look too bad, but quite dehydrated. It is pretty cut and dried as to what are healthy and what are dead roots. Healthy ones are plump and firm. They are green when wet and a silver colour when dry. Mushy ones or totally dry and hollow ones that peel off and leave a string behind are all dead. Sometimes a healthy root can get a bit brown or dark coloured from bark or the top ones just from the elements. But they are still firm. If moving from the tight, often wet ball of moss that most Phals come potted in, it might help to have a mix of moss and bark to help the transition. The existing roots need to adapt. Also new bark is very dry and should be soaked overnight. You still need to water more often for a while until the bark begins to absorb moisture a bit better.
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Thank you SO much!!!! I knew it was a hydration problem, but initially, the tight sphagnum moss was just
way too wet and the plants were starting to struggle. I had no idea that the new bark had to be broken in!!!
my babies shall liveeeeeeeee!!!
small side note: some of my roots had dark rings, or dead looking sections where the central vascular bundle string is visible, but above and below that portion the root looks happy and green. Whats up with that?
and also.... yellowish roots? are they okay?
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