Sideways orchid (Phal.) - REPOTTED, pictures included
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Comments (1)Hi boothbay- It is good that you repotted it. Hopefully, you cut off all those nasty, rotted roots. You might have to sacrifice the potential blooms and cut off the flower spike all the way. Of course there are several ways to go about reviving your phal. My suggestion would be to use all new potting mix, including the sphag moss. I would use pretty small pot, especially if the rot system is nonexistent. After repotting, you may want to restrict watering for a couple of days. You definitely don't want to fertilize it until the root system is healthy again. Using fertilizer on unhealthy orchid will do more damage than good. When the roots are not healthy, they cannot absorb the fertilizer. Then the fertilizer will build up in the pot and the salts from it will lead to more dehydration. So you may want to hold up in the fertilizer. I would suggest putting the plant in a high humidity environment. I use an empty aquarium with moist sphag moss in the bottom for my recovery area. Also you may want to keep the plant in a shaded area (diffused light) for a couple of weeks. Hopefully the roots will come back soon....See MoreMoth Orchid Grown Sideways
Comments (6)Yeah, that's totally fine. Some people even deliberately plant them leaning knowing that they often will anyway. They do not grow upright in nature. A major advantage of this growth habit is it's much more difficult to get standing water into the crown and to get crown rot. To keep the pot from toppling over, use a heavier cache pot, or the main pot when repotting next time. Do not rotate the plant when the spike is longer than a couple of inches, otherwise the spike will be all twisty and weird looking....See MoreRepot questions (Phal. Sogo Yudikian v3)
Comments (3)Great work and your first orchid! I use the shower setting on the hose nozzle and turn the pressure down and spray the roots to get the moss. After I've soaked the roots first for 15 minutes. Leave the rest. I killed a plant getting too much moss. Otherwise your hired. No experience but good decisions anyway. Now you need some more orchids. And join your local society....See MoreRepotting Phals, should I?
Comments (9)I also agree, healthy looking roots on both to my eye. Unless they're tippy or you want to use a different pot or the media is broken down, I'd probably leave them both be for another year. The strings coming out the side of the pot on the first one are because at one point the roots grew through the small holes and when the roots enlarged, they got cut by the hole itself and broke. That is one of the reasons I don't like slotted or 'side-holed' pots, although the same can thing happen with holes in the bottom of pots. Good luck, Bob...See MoreJames _J
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