Smaller leaves?
I moved a NOID phal to S/H in January 2010 and it immediate began putting out a new leaf. Within 4 weeks a new bloom spike emerged. When this happened, the new leaf that had begun growing in stopped growing when it reached 3". The older leaves (there are 4) are about 6" long. I initially thought the shorter leaf was due to a shift in energy from leaf growth to spike/bud/flower growth. The phal bloomed in late April and the last flower fell in late July. I cut the spike to the base and within a week another new leaf began to grow in. This leaf also appears to have reached the 3" mark and has slowed, while yet another new leaf is growing in. What is causing the leaf span to all of a sudden shorten so drastically?
If it helps, the bloom spike was about 8" tall and the flowers were about 1 3/4" in diameter (10 in total). Oh, and I'm fertilizing weakly, weekly with Schultz orchid food (which I don't really like, but is what I have at my office...I use MSU or Dyna-Gro at home).
Has anyone else had a plant change leaf size when converting to S/H?
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