My phal went under the knife!!!!
 

I became a surgeon today, I noticed about a week ago that the tip of one of my phals turned brown-black and mushy, so I sprinkled it with cinnamon and this morning it seemed to me that the spot had grown so I took a sterilized blade and cut the affected part and sealed with cinnamon as well.

question #1 - what could've caused it?
question #2 - did I do the right thing by cutting it?

thank you guys for taking a look and as always feedback is extremely appreciated :D

I can't tell in the last picture...did you cut away a little of the healthy tissue along with the rot?

yes I did Susanne :D

I figured that if I left a little rot it would keep getting bigger....

Good, then I'd say you did a great job! :cheer:

Looks like a good job Priz.
Rot is usually = to standing water with or without sun. Any possibility this could have happened?
Other than that I can't think of anything that might have caused it.

Al

Thank you guys for your replies.

Although is possible I truly don't recall water sitting on the leaves, I am very careful with that, I was more preocupied for it to be viral/fungal

I hope it recovers fine, this phally is been through a lot, root rot, rejected s/h, root rot again, and now is dormant, no growth of any kind but this leaf... and the tip rotting :(

anyway I'll keep you posted, and I'd appreciate any advise on boosting the root growth other than KLN (tried already :p)

Thank you!!!!! :bowing