Munir wrote:
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1) Greenish white, aerial roots, sticking out of the pot. I was careful
to mentally earmark these so that, in the new pot, they are not put
into the bark put left aerial--outside the potting material.
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I'm sure you know that Phals, over time, loose their lower leaves as
they grow more leaves from the top. Well, the roots do about the same.
The oldest roots are from the lowest point of the "trunk" and the new
roots come from higher up.
So... what is your long range plan for this plant if you never put
aerial roots into the pot? Eventually the old roots die off as new ones
grow higher up. Eventually you will have a plant with nothing but aerial
roots sitting on top of the pot.

Steve