Hey, t-bred. Congrats on your super-phal. All that activity and vigor -- make sure it doesn't follow you out of the room :) Like CJ I'd like to know it's name, too. Some species of phal do keiki like mad. But it's funny you bumped this thread today. I was going to look for it to bump, too. My P Salu Spot that I mentioned earlier on this thread that put out two small leaves in a few weeks last summer after a long bloom that only now were starting to lengthen and that nevertheless was healthy, with good roots, and quite a vigorous plant all around has a spike several inches long on it. Just saw it last night. So if yours is Super-Phal, I think I'll call my Salu Spot "Satisfactory Phal" -- not Super, but very good indeed :)

Most such problems go back to what was or wasn't done when planting. The root ball must be opened up before planting. If container grown, the roots are becoming root bound by the container. The root ball must be moist before planting. If not, it must be soaked before planting. The site must be amended with good acidic soil and provide good drainage. Without good drainage, most azaleas won't live very long. A raised bed will help provide good drainage in clay soil regions. Your soil must already be acidic if you are getting good green leaves, not yellow leaves. Azaleas must be kept slightly moist during dry periods. A good mulch layer will help achieve that. In Texas where the sumer sun can be severe, shade is necessary on many varieties. I am not sure how sun-tolerant Formosa is. I areas like Texas, be sure not to water with alkaline water. Usually rain water is good if you can collect it with a cistern type arrangement. If they weren't planted correctly or in a good location, you can did them up and replant them correctly in a good location. Just be careful not to damage the small roots too much. The small roots are the ones that the plant uses for water and nutrition. The large roots are just for support. Here is a link that might be useful: How to grow azaleas

you did not mention if this is xp or windows 7 but doing a real quick system restore to the day before it happened might fix it and it won't hurt anything. here are the directions for xp. System Restore, accessible by clicking [Start] [All Programs] [Accessories] [System Tools] [System Restore]. then Choose from the bulleted options on the right you want to restore your computer to an earlier time. The calendar on the left will have dates in bold. Selecting a day will show the restore points available for that date in the breakout to the right of the calendar. Select the restore point you want and click This would be the day before your fonts changed. Then click next to restore your computer to the earlier date and time. Your pc will reboot just leave it alone let it do it's thing. That is it you are done. very very easy to do and all it does is put your settings back as they were on that date. If you are using something other than xp let us know so we can give you the appropriate instructions.

I buy Land O Lakes Butter. It used to come in the "smaller" brick shaped box but now I only see it in the flatter packaging with the shorter fatter sticks. I found this our when I did some exploring. The long, thin sticks are "Elgin," or eastern pack sticks. They are 4 3/4" by 1 1/4" by 1 1/4". The shorter, fatter sticks are Western-pack style butter sticks, which are 3 1/8" long by 1 1/2" by 1 1/2". Both have the same amount of butter (8 Tablespoons = 1/2 cup). I personally love the Eastern sticks. They don't stick to the top of my butter dish and also fit my old crystal dish better.