No roots
I had ordered some special clear pots and premium phal mix from on on-line company and repotted all of my orchids recently. This morning, I repotted four of my sister's orchids. One was in bud and just about ready to bloom. I know you're not supposed to report when they are blooming, but 3/4 of it was sticking up outside of the bark medium and the roots were crispy. My sister said she would sacrifice the buds (if it wound up dropping its buds) in order to save the plant. It lifted right out of the pot because it was basically just sitting on the top. We discovered that there were actually no viable roots. I have no idea how it set a spike in this condition, although the spike was a good size as were the three buds on it. We repotted it in one of the tiny clear plastic pots with the black baskets. My hope is that the light coming through the pot might encourage roots to grow.
Do you think the roots will come back? Poor thing; both of us are feeling very maternal about this little guy.
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