OK after doing a lot of looking around on this site. I figured out what was wrong with my mini noid phals. They were over potted and had root rot. I looked around today for some small clear pots to put them in and could not find any. Then as I was sitting on my porch eating a cup of pudding it dawned on me that they were just the right size. So I ate three of them one for each phal. Cleaned and bleached them then tried to make holes in them. I had no drill and a knife did not work well. Thought some more and had the idea to use my wood burning pen. Set it up on the porch and turn on a fan to blow away any fumes and was able to make nice round holes and slits in no time flat. Cleaned them again and then went about unpotting my babies. I had bought them off the clearance rack at lowes about a year ago they had hardly grown any. Of course knowing what I have learned on here I am surprised the lived at all. the leaves had started wilting and getting wrinkled. When I pulled them out of the clay pot the middle of the media which was a standard orchid mix was very wet and the poor thing had a bunch of rotted roots. All of them did have about 3 to 4 roots each that were OK. I cut off the bad roots. Rinsed off what was left then let them soak for about an hour in RO water and a couple a drops of superthrive. Took them out and let them dry some Then potted them up in my modified pudding cups with a mixture of bark, perlite, lava rock and a very small amount of spag. moss. Cleaned a little larger clay pot dried it off and set the plant inside. They already look better. I am hoping that they do well. Being in clear pots I will be able to monitor the roots and hopefully water them correctly. I had no idea that they should be not be in a larger pot like you do most plants. Thank you everyone for all the great advise you have posted here. Maybe now I can stop being an orchid killer and become a dedicated orchid grower.
Mini Phals & Pudding Cups
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