Niek Hanckmann schreef:
Diana Kulaga schreef:

Hi, All,

I just posted two pictures over on abpo, along with explanations.
Would appreciate any comments.

Diana


Hi Diana,

Phal #1: The heart of the plant is rotting away. With Phals that means
that they are as well as dead, although there still is (a very small)
change that it will make a new sprout at the bottom of the plant.
(according to the healthy roots this chance might not be that small
after all). If you are very attached to the plant, I would carefully
take/cut off the yellow leave and powder the bad center of the plant
with sulphur or cinnamon to prevent it from further fungus infections.
Take care that the leaves are always dry before the evening falls. And
give less water since the plant will evaporate less with only two leaves
left. Then sit back and pray! If you are not attached to it: just throw
it away.

Phal #2: This one looks like it had a little bit too much sunlight.
These kind of marks are typical for sunburnt phals. It spoils the leaf
(and with that the looks of the whole plant) but the plant itself isn't
bothered by it. So just give it a little more shaded spot and it will be
happy again. The plant will make new leaves on top and eventually it
will shed the burned leaf.

Succes with your phals!

Greetz, Niek

An addition to my first reply:

Sorry I only just read your explanation so trying to answer your questions:

Phal #1: I'm afraid that your phal is suffering from a bacterial
infection. In many cases thes infections comes with mites or lice. If
that is the case, it is even worse then I thought. I'm trying to keep an
encyclia with this kind of infection alive, but every new sprout starts
rotting when it matures. It must be a very special phal to keep it! Be
carefull not to spread the infection on other plants (nor let it be
spread by insects).

Phal #2: It still looks like sunburn to me. Sunburn can also occur with
a relative increase of light. So a plant that had heavy shade and now
got full indirect light might suffer from sunburn. The same could heppen
to a leaf that was shaded by another leaf and isn't any longer (when
plants are standing very close together).
Less likely this could also be a sign of (severe) red spider mite or
lice infection. But in that case you would have probably seen something
on the backside of the leaves.

I hope this is more an answer or a hint to your questions!

Greetz, Niek