Phalaenopsis stem question
 

Hi! I'm new. I've tried to search to find my answer here and on the internet with no luck. (maybe I'm not looking right) I have two things.

First I inherited a flowerless phalaenopsis (I'm pretty sure anyways) It spent 3 months getting carted around in a 5th wheel by my parents. It has two yellow leaves, one is cut, because it had sunburn and was starting to die. It's been growing in a happy humid florescent light world. I checked on it tonight. The green thing I thought was a new root, is apparently a new stem. It grew down into the pot, and has 4 buds forming on it. I moved it to the outside of the pot. Will it grow up, or am I going to have an orchid with a 3 inch stem? How do you tell the difference between a new root, and a stem?

Second question. I have a Wilsonara "Halloween" What the heck am I supposed to be doing with this plant? Some say lots of light, others say filtered light, I can't seem to find any specific growing information. It's almost done flowering. Is it ok if I just cut the stem and stick it outside? I live in Michigan. I have 2 more months of some really sunny warm weather.

Sorry for so many questions. Hope I can finally find some answers.
Karin

Having a hard time finding a good pic that shows only new roots coming out of a Phal.

The pic on the bottom is of Sedirea japonica which grows similarly to Phalaenopsis (they're related).

How about lots of indirect filtered light, which is the truth.

Doesn't matter.

Thanks for the help!