Phals: do you cut back the part of the aerial roots that are dry?
 

Hi, before I came to this forum, I was not misting the aerial roots of my Phals and some of them became very dry. This happened with very long ones and they dried half way. I know that normally you do not touch the aerial roots but if you cut back the dry part, will the other part grow again?


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In my opinion, if you mist the air roots and they do not turn green with the addition of moisture then they are typically dead roots and I cut them back. The other way to tell is healthy air root are firm and not wrinkled.

Thank you for your answer.


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I agree, I cut back very wrinkled parts.

If they are firm but don't turn green with water then sometimes it's because that root is unused to absorbing a lot of water at once, I've seen healthy aerial roots where the water just rolls off them like a duck's back. Soaking the same bit of root for a while usually causes it to finally turn green though and turning green is a sign it's alive.