Newbie questions on Roots

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Originally Posted by LFC25

Thanks for the reply.

Maybe my question was not clear enough. What I want to know is that why some Phals have thick silvered air roots while some have none but they can still bloom and flower.

The occurrence of aerial roots, or lack of them, has absolutely no bearing on the health of the plant or its blooming.

All roots emerging from a phalaenopsis are "aerial", in that they have not yet found a medium to grow down into.

A phalaenopsis in the wild has its roots wrapped around tree branches, and in the nooks and crannies of the bark and pockets of detritus. They are ALL aerial roots.