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[gardengirl13]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

For kicks here's how the phal came to me...
It lost those two bottom leaves a week after I took the picture.
What a difference!

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Holy cow!!! Great job!

And yes keep updating this thread as you fill that space up! I love seeing these threads and read how people take care of the chids and see what's in flower and how big everyone's plants are getting!

[hoonming]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

For kicks here's how the phal came to me...
It lost those two bottom leaves a week after I took the picture.
What a difference!

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Hi Ordphien,

You are truly the angel of your phal. :-)

Can you share with us how did you nurture it back to health?

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by gardengirl13

Holy cow!!! Great job!

And yes keep updating this thread as you fill that space up! I love seeing these threads and read how people take care of the chids and see what's in flower and how big everyone's plants are getting!

Lol... I meant to.
And then I flooded my house.
Been my main distraction since.

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[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by hoonming

Hi Ordphien,

You are truly the angel of your phal. :-)

Can you share with us how did you nurture it back to health?

Well... I..
I'm not exactly sure to be honest lol.
I made a potting mix of half sphagnum half medium grade bark.
I soaked the whole plant in a water and rooting harmone mixture for a hour.
Bought that pot you see in the photo. And stuck the poor shriveled guy in there.

After that I just watered as normal.

I also sprayed the bottoms of the leaves daily, bit I'm not sure if that did anything.
Eventually it started growing and recovering.


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[hoonming]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

Well... I..
I'm not exactly sure to be honest lol.
I made a potting mix of half sphagnum half medium grade bark.
I soaked the whole plant in a water and rooting harmone mixture for a hour.
Bought that pot you see in the photo. And stuck the poor shriveled guy in there.

After that I just watered as normal.

I also sprayed the bottoms of the leaves daily, bit I'm not sure if that did anything.
Eventually it started growing and recovering.


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Hi Ordphien,

Amazing work!

Thanks for sharing. :-)

[hoonming]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

Well... I..
I'm not exactly sure to be honest lol.
I made a potting mix of half sphagnum half medium grade bark.
I soaked the whole plant in a water and rooting harmone mixture for a hour.
Bought that pot you see in the photo. And stuck the poor shriveled guy in there.

After that I just watered as normal.

I also sprayed the bottoms of the leaves daily, bit I'm not sure if that did anything.
Eventually it started growing and recovering.


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Hi Ordphien,

Am sorry, I've got one more question : how did you "watered as normal" for your above mentioned Phals?

Am currently rescueing 2 Phals with rot roots, have repot them in unglaze clay pots with side holes with charcoal & bark mix, but am not sure how to water them correctly.

Appreciate your answer, thank you!

[Discus]

hoonming: generally, you want the roots to dry out between waterings - the outside of them should go back to being silvery/whitish for a day or so before they're thoroughly watered. This is usually about once a week, but depends on humidity/temperature/pot size etc. This is one reason clear pots are quite useful for novice orchid growers.

[hoonming]

@ Discus : thank you for sharing.