Smelly phal roots
I just finished repotting a phal, and I noticed that it had a weird musty smell to the roots. This would have made sense if it had a lot of rotting roots or seriously decayed media, but neither was the case. It had a whole pot full of healthy fat roots and only a couple of small ones in the center that had died. And other than the fact that I found a few weird things mixed in with the bark (a couple bits of plastic and some shreds of what looked like foam carpet padding clinging to some roots) the media looked almost new. So, I can't figure out why it would have a funky smell. Is there anything else that could cause it?
It does have some black spots on the roots that I assumed were staining from the bark, but I gave it a rinse in peroxide just in case. A couple spots bubbled a little bit, but only for a few seconds so I just left them alone and potted it in fresh media.
I don't notice the smell now that it is in the new media, but I didn't notice it before I unpotted it either. So, should I just wait and see or stop being paranoid and let Floyd (my phal's name) continue to do what he does best: amaze, amuse and confuse me?
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