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Originally Posted by rbarata
That's what I was thinking too.
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@rbarata Hopefully it is anthocyanin, blooms are dark pink colored
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Originally Posted by Roberta
Spotting looks normal to me too. The lower leaves look rather dehydrated - which happens with lack of roots. Have you repotted it? If so, it just needs time to recover, with new root growth. Fertilizer isn't useful if it has no roots since it has no way to take it up. But orchids don't need much anyway. The important thing is to get the watering right - Phals need "humid air" rather than "wet" in the root zone. So you need the mix to be very open and well-drained.
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You are right that the leaves are dehydrated as it lost most of its roots after I repotted it once the blooms fell off. Lots of dead roots that attracted lots of fungus gnats so I've had to change the soil 2 twice. First time I repotted it with just orchiata bark but the media was drying out way too fast and top of that lost most of its roots. Tried dynagro to promote root production and also tried putting a layer of besgrow sphag moss on the top so himidity could promote new roots. Nonenof those methods worked. Had to repot it again as there were too many dead roots and fungus gnats. 2nd time I repotted with mix of sphagnus moss and bark. This one has been a tough cookie, gave me a hard time and I never came across an orchid that just wouldnt produce even 1 new root in1.5 yrs. I'm very excited that it started giving out secondary spike
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Thank you all for your responses hopefully there is nothing to worry about the weird spots.
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