Hi Kushroo - Since you haven't had anyone answer, I'll take a shot at it. It looks to me as if the moss on the top of your plants held too much moisture too...
Hi, I am having problems with some of my Phalaenopsis plants, where the leaves seem to get rotten and fall off. This starts as wet spots on leaves, which...
I wonder if the difference in flowering habit has to do with the type of phal. Perhaps some don't flower well off old spikes and some do??? ~Lisa ... than ......
Well, John, all I can say is that you are far more careful than I am. It never fails that I knock the old spike as I'm watering or moving the plant, which jars...
Hi Joy - Sorry, we regularly get roots stuck into other pots, onto the benches in the greenhouse, etc etc. Roots never will create a new plant in my ...
to each his own, but i prefer to remove the old shoot, as the new is always more spectacular & i enjoy my Phal's leaves immensely & as with everything, the...
Thank you Denise for your advice on cutting off the old shoots. I have quite a few phals on a window seat and they are quite close together. I notice that some...
Everyone does things differently! LOL....I always leave the old spike on (until it turns brown and dries out) and many times get 'summer' flowers on them....
The problem I always had when I left the old spike on the plant was that it got in the way, and I eventually ended up knocking against it until it knocked the...
Hi, I was told, a couple of years ago, that when the blooming stops, I should cut the spike back to about 1". This was advice from a grower from whom I...
It's normal for the blooms to fall off after a couple months. The plant can't put effort into blooming forever or it would be under too much strain. Let the...
I joined this group in may when I was given my Phal well it has been seeming to be relatively fine using information I have gottem from various posts however...
Hi I woul be keen to know if, and at what intervals, you get flowering under these conditions. Thanks Khushroo Do you mean direct sun light? Morning sun is...
Do you mean direct sun light? Morning sun is fine, but much later in the day it will get too hot and burn the leaves. That is why I use flouresent lights, no...
hi John i read your post with interest i dont think my Phals get enough direct light my question is, how much light do you give them? how many hours? Pessoa ...
I grow mine under two 40 watt tubes at aprox 6-10 inches from the tubes. I think the fc are between 800 and 1000. I have been growing them like this for...
Hi, Can you please let me have some more details on the growing under the flouresent light that you speak of? What is the wattage, distance from the plants,...
Please share what you find when you examine the roots. We can all learn from you!! ... one day i can share what i've learnt from you all with others...
I love Phals! I had grown them for a few years, but always in a greenhouse. A few years back I moved and lost the greenhouse and the phals that I brought along...
Hi Denise thanks a million & i cant wait to go tackle them i'm so happy i discovered this forum, i'm forever grateful & hope one day i can share what i've...
Limp leaves usually mean you have root problems. It is either that your phals are not getting enough water (this is usually not the case) or they have gotten...
Hi All, i must tell you all how useful i've found this forum my problem is that i've found that i have some limp leaves on a few of my Phals & cant seem to or...
Thank you Denise. As always, you are a font of information *g*. Incidentally, after you told me about the watering of my 'corsage orchids' (can't remember the...
Hi Joy - My boss starts his higher nitrogen fertilizer in early March, and goes with the higher phosphorus starting in September. This coincides with our...
I *think* I remember that about this time of year the fertilizer should be changed. But it was so long ago that I got the information that I can't really be...
hi all it is such a wonderful thing to be able to read your posts i've learnt so much from you all of course Phals are my 1st love, even without blooms they...
Hi Rob - I've learned along the way that it doesn't really matter that much what medium you use, as long as you adjust your growing and watering conditions so...
Hi Lisa - I thought my boss was wacko when he first asked me to rip off so many leaves. Then, this year, I see what he meant on some of the older plants - the...
Hi all, Like Lisa, I feel Denise knows far more about this than I do and hesitate a bit with my response. Having said that, however, I do have fairly strong ...
Denise, You know more than I do, so I cannot answer your question. However, I want to ask another question. At work, do you use the method where you wrap the...
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