You have given little information on your growing conditions...what State are you in, what is the light exposure, temps? Are you growing this plant inside or outdoors? The plant appears in bad shape. It looks like the pot is oversized and it is planted too low. The mix looks very dry. If you Google Phalaenopsis, you will find a lot of information on how to grow this plant. I would repot into a smaller pot because a large pot holds too much moisture. These plants like warmth, bright light and water. But their roots should almost dry out between waterings. Please give more information on where this plant is growing and we can help you further. Jane Here is a link that might be useful: Phalaenopsis

Karen...I had some sort of virus on my laptop with music and commercials playing in the background constantly...could not get rid of it. Then other issues started popping up..I had no choice but to do a Back up & Restore ...what a pain.. but so far it's gone >>>keeping fingers crossed. jane

For all y'all with a fear of chemicals, I would encourage you to use ordinary corn meal or cracked corn to fight off existing fungal diseases and to prevent new outbreaks. Corn meal is a biological approach that will cause no problems for you or your soil. If it does not work for you, please report that back here. In the past, and apparently before j4c11 got here, there were reports of corn meal being the thing that cleared up their disease. And yes, there were some who used it and it did not work. Unfortunately there were a lot of people who never used it but were very vocal/wordy about corn meal being a hoax. Since it had worked for me every year for several years, they were essentially calling me out. Also unfortunately I was not taking good notes to see if there were patterns to the good and bad reports. So I will tell you that it works for most diseases in St Augustine in the south. It has worked in Texas and in Florida - that much I remember. Whether it works in the transition zone or north or on fescue or KBG, I'm less certain. The application rate is 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet. After 3 weeks you should see new grass coming in and not getting the lesions. I know 3 weeks is a lifetime in fungus years, so do what you have to do. If it doesn't seem to be working, you can apply again. Maybe you could use a fungicide in part of the yard and corn meal in part of the yard. If you treat with corn meal, treat the entire yard. If you don't you may miss parts where the disease has not manifested itself yet, but for sure you will get dark green spots where the corn meal has had a fertilizer effect. You cannot expect corn meal to work against the disease once you have used a chemical fungicide. The chemical fungicide kills off an important part of the biology that makes corn meal work. One of the problems using fungicides in the south is the temperatures get above 80 degrees in April and don't come back down until November. The fungicides that work have restrictions on temperatures that keep us from using them the entire time when disease is active.

Your plant is already in shock. Tear it apart and it is finished. Looks to me that the damage was done in the store and now it needs rest and good care. Those leaves will finish dying and new ones should sprout up. Once it recovers some, then re-pot in your new mix. Water and temperature is most critical. Lightly water it and only when completely dry. When summer comes and if you put outside, water much more often. Gritty soil is most forgiving if and when you over water. Now if the plant was sitting in wet boggy soil, that is different, then by all means tear apart remove all rot and let dry a few days then re-pot in the new mix and water a few days to a week later. Only myself, I have used the gritty mix and did not do so well. I use my own compost mix with great success. Now what to do a few years down the road is something else. That mix will compact and do more harm down the road. So I can't say that is the way to go.