Actually this fertilizer is made for orchids, and was told this once, but I did some extra digging and found that my fertilizer is quite high in nitrogen. But, what would you suggest instead of my 19-31-17 fertilizer? Also, I know the advice I've received here is to just leave alone. But is this because repotting my phal from its current sphag to sphag/fir bark mix NOW would harm the blooming process? Is it possible that by being extra careful, my Orchids buds will still bloom?? Also just an update on my orchid's state, it looks a lot better (I didn't repot it yet, just didn't water it), the spike is healthy again and the drying of it was reversed (???)! Unfortunately, the dormant spike above did not survive... Does anyone know why the drying/reversing issue happened to the spike??? Could it be the weather? We were steadily in the negatives (about -3 to -5 Celsius, or 26 to 23 Farenheit) for a long time, but suddenly, 3 days ago we started getting abnormally high temps of 9C or 48F, and today we reached 14C/57F! It normally only gets to 2C/35F in early March, and it was a sudden change. Could that have been the reason? thanks!

Well, it has been 2 months and I'm almost there with the first bloom opening from this spike! Just FYI about the original post, the one on the right was a spike, the one on the left was a root. So I've only got one spike. The bloom on the opposite side of the spike from this pic has just cracked open slightly. I was hoping this one wouldn't have white blooms because the other orchid I have is white. From the color of the outside of these, is it obvious what color they are? Clearly it's a light cream color, so does that mean I have 2 white orchids now? Although there are some hints of color here and there. I was hoping for more color, but what can you do.

Thanks Terpguy, I was hassitant because I heard phyton 27 should not be used on dens. And I don't really have mch luck with them so I didn't want to put the balance on the half that I am already killing them. LOL. Velleta.

If the plant isn't putting out leaves or roots at the moment it probably is a good time to re pot, I don't think the keiki would be affected. I'm not an expert either especially with phals but if the plant starts a growth / flower cycle it could be another year before you have a chance to re pot again.