Hello all,
Today, I was in lowe's, and I came across a big white phal on the clearance/half dead plant rack who's blooms were starting to age a bit. All of it's roots were under the sphagnum, so I couldn't really inspect. I ended up bringing it and a Den. Udom Blue Angel x Genting Blue home. When I got home, I promptly removed all the moss from both plants. The Den ended up being potted in a 75% moss and 25% bark mixture, but I removed it all anyways. It actually ended up being two plants -score! I'm not too sure on the condition of it's roots, so hopefully someone can comment on that. They don't look to great to me, though. One thing is for sure, though. I didn't get too lucky with the phal. While trying to remove it from it's candle holder, (that's honestly what the 'pot' looked like, and probably all it's good for

) I somehow managed to snap the spike off! And what's worse, when all of the sphagnum was removed, I got to see the actual condition of the roots. Not too good, you guys. The majority of them are a brownish-yellow, and I spotted what I assume to be mold on a few. So on my shopping list for tomorrow-
orchid bark & peroxide. After the de-mossing was all done, I placed the dens in a bowl vase, suspended over an inch or two of water (to keep up humidity) on eggcrate, & something similar for the Phal. No roots are touching the water, so I think all should be good. This is just temporary until I can go to the store tomorrow to get suitable media & pots.
Here are some pics:
Phal-
Phal's Roots-
Den 1's roots-
Den 2's roots-
Dens-
Temporary set ups-
