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10-08-2015, 06:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
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Beginner repot of a repot after a fungus outbreak
I'm hoping I can post my repot photos here, since I couldn't add them to my thread in the forum of Pests & Diseases.
In short, I received two mini phals as gifts about 6 months ago and everything was going great. They probably needed to be repotted two months ago but I have been recovering from surgery and pushed my luck. I'm a beginner and I saw these spots appear, after a lot of reading online etc. I think I had maybe mites that caused bacteria to grow under the leaves. Someone on the board in 2008 had pictures just like mine wondering what it was. I heard about neem oil and cinnamon and have now learned the way I used them was not helpful to me. After repotting 2 weeks ago I saw big long fungus grow quickly. This time I repotted by only washing in pure water, cutting off soft roots with a sterilized pair of cuticle scissors. And placing them in the smallest orchid cups I could find online 2x2 clear plastic bottom slatted ones and used the tiniest pieces of bark. When I got them they came in sphagnum moss in a 2 inch wide, 3 inch long container. When I repotted two weeks ago they had so many long roots I repotted into a 2 3/4 x 3 inch tall clear slatted pot that I put inside a decorative pot. This time I went even smaller than ever since I lost so many of the roots so fast. Praying for a great outcome and that the darker one's spike makes it to bloom! Thank you everyone for your continued support! I'm open if anyone thinks of anything else. 
Last edited by LisaK; 10-08-2015 at 06:41 PM..
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