"David" wrote

One Phalaenopsis has decent aerial roots and a single mature leaf.
The centre looks dead, though.

Do they ever come back from this (growing centre damaged) or is it the
great compost heap in the sky?


Not normally once the growing centre is damaged.
Did water lay in the growing centre during the night?
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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