My phal's aerial roots appear shriveled at tips ?
9 years ago
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Comments (4)Hi, daesa. I would cut off below the shriveled part, and keep the rest. Certainly, above your keikis (I'm assuming you want to keep them). About orchid media-- a lot of us don't live near orchid vendors, can't get good orchid media locally. We order on the internet. You have to pay for shipping, but it's that or nothing :( Carter and Holmes and Oak Hill both offer hobby size bags of different media and offer shipping at reasonable costs....See MoreMy Phal repotting problems!
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Comments (26)I would pull it out of the pot and check the roots for rot. I have about nine Phalaenopsis and two have wilted in the past even when flowering. The problem in both cases was rotten roots. I cut the whole plant stem just above the rotten roots, pull off the wrinkled leaves, dip it into an old bottle of "Roots" and plant it in coarse fir bark. One is recovering nicely but it has taken a year. It had essentially no roots left, just nubbins on the stem. A fairly new one just got the same treatment. I am no orchid expert but that is what works for me. I probably tend to over water my plants. For the price I paid, I could have thrown them out but I hate to throw out a plant. This post was edited by BoulderGrower on Sun, Oct 5, 14 at 18:42...See MoreAerial Roots on Nematanthus?
Comments (3)I do not grow Apres, but I have several other varieties of N. They will all like to root if they touch the soil - I guess that's what they do in the wild. I saw it in columneas and codonanthe too. If they touch the mat - they immediately attach themselves. If you have high humidity - the aerial roots will appear from every node. I just repotted something and bagged it - here they came. You can use these tips with roots to make your pot look full by cutting them off and sticking them into the soil of your pot. I think 2" is too small, your plant has a potential to fill a much bigger specimen kind pot. Good luck Irina...See MoreRelated Professionals
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- 9 years agoSorry for not posting these pictures sooner - I had login difficulties and then I got swamped with work. Anyway, here's some mobile pictures (excuse the poor quality) and as one can see the aerial roots are starting to shrivel on the one phal and then on the other phal they are completely dried and shriveled up to the point of, I'm afraid to hear, of no return. I water them quite frequently - every few days - give or take - depending on whether I think they need it or not and also dependent on weather/light/temperature of the day. What am I doing wrong? Thanks so much!
- 9 years agoHeres 4 more so you guys can maybe get a better sense of them. It's usually brighter than this but the day was really dark and overcast and late afternoon when I took the pictures. Also, we face pretty much due East so get little direct sunlight after around Noon-ish.
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