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Old 10-04-2004, 12:03 PM
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Default red tips of Phal aerial roots?

"J Fortuna"
Today morning I noticed that one of my Phals has aerial roots with very

red
tips. It must have had the very red tips before today, but I just had not
noticed. Does this mean anything? Do some Phals have red tips of aerial
roots and as long as the roots look healthy that's just the way it is? Or
does this mean anything about the level of humidity or light or anything

at
all?


I =just= took a peek at one of my trash rescues yesterday.
I have 9 at the moment. 10 if you count the Milt. Ron's
Rippling Delight in bloom which is no longer an unknown
orphan thanks to Reka. :-)

The leaves on this little Phal look great (no more ripples from
root rot). It was re-potted by the nursery (not the grower)
in very dense potting soil and it really suffered. It's even starting
a new little leaf! The root system was so pathetic when I put it
in hospital I wasn't expecting to see much more than the hollow
black stubs I left it with after I trimmed away the rot in January.
Curious, I gently removed the slightly damp moss to reveal a
plethora of new FAT roots with alarmingly red tips. I wasn't
ready to see what I saw, it almost scared me. I thought they
were worms or beetles. I nearly dropped the darn thing. This
is supposed to be a white phal IIRC from what the shop girl told
me. It looks like this little sweetie is a sure fire rescue success!
bliss I have a tag that might belong to it but I won't know
for sure until it blooms. With unknown rescues it's like Orchid
Christmas all year long. LOL I love surprises.

Ruth CM doing the trash rescue happy dance in upstate NY :-D