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Very strange...

shear_stupidity
11 years ago

I bought a new TLC phal at Lowes a few weeks ago. It had only one leaf, but two flower stems. One stem had four flowers on it, the other had one unopened bud. I will admit, it looked a bit rough (pale leaf with a few wrinkles), but I thought it would recover, and for $2 it was worth a shot. I brought it home and put it with the rest of my phals, which are all doing great.
Right away, I noticed that the single leaf started fading and wrinkling even worse, and started just hanging down instead of out/up. This morning I noticed that it had dropped all flowers AND the bud overnight. When I picked up the pot to collect the flowers on the table, I realized the "plant" itself was rocking and loose in the pot. One little tug, and the whole plant came out of its pot. It seems to not have one single viable root on it. Not one.
How in the world was it flowering like that when it has no roots and "no" leaves?
Stupid question... but is this orchid capable of being saved?

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