Phalaenopsis gigantea - long term growing project

[jje10001]

Originally Posted by jje10001

So I got this gigantea for a pretty decent price, and am looking for some tips on its care.

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So one month later and this plant is on its deathbed!

After a few weeks, a leaf yellowed and dropped off, while the root system largely died off. Over the course of the following weeks in a humidity chamber (with regular airing + a heatmat), after a promising first few weeks of leaf growth, the plant then was struck by a secondary localized fungal infection (spots + wrinkling), and then the final mature leaf yellowed and also dropped off despite treatment.

This leaf yellowing is much faster than I have experienced with some of my other phals (some of whom hold onto their leaves even if they're severely dehydrated/stressed), and it seems like gigantea quickly spirals if the root system is lost.

At this point, there is only the small newest leaf + the stem remaining + the root wires, I'm not sure how this one can be recovered. Perhaps this one will end up in the bin, unfortunately.



Lesson learnt- Phal gigantea has a low stress tolerance, and I should not pick one up that's 1.) Barerooted, and 2.) Neglected! A shame too, since this one seemed like an interesting variety.