New growth finally showing
 

Weel, I had just about given up until i saw a new growth of a leaf at the
base of my Dend and Phal. The Dend is outside in shade on my patio and the
phal is indoors. Now what?

Anthona wrote:
Weel, I had just about given up until i saw a new growth of a leaf at the
base of my Dend and Phal. The Dend is outside in shade on my patio and the
phal is indoors. Now what?

With the Den. just keep growing it.
With the Phal, is the new leaf also at the base of the plant as your
wording implies? Of course Phals usually make new leaves at the top and
they make new roots and flower spikes from the bottom. If you are
definitely seeing a leaf at the bottom, that's not a real bad thing. It
will eventually turn into a 2nd plant. Some Phals do this easier than
others. I think they are more likely to do it if they are not getting
enough light to produce a new flower spike. They produce more leaves
instead. Something to consider.

Steve

"Steve" wrote in message
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Anthona wrote:
Weel, I had just about given up until i saw a new growth of a leaf at the
base of my Dend and Phal. The Dend is outside in shade on my patio and
the phal is indoors. Now what?

With the Den. just keep growing it.
With the Phal, is the new leaf also at the base of the plant as your
wording implies? Of course Phals usually make new leaves at the top and
they make new roots and flower spikes from the bottom. If you are
definitely seeing a leaf at the bottom, that's not a real bad thing. It
will eventually turn into a 2nd plant. Some Phals do this easier than
others. I think they are more likely to do it if they are not getting
enough light to produce a new flower spike. They produce more leaves
instead. Something to consider.

Steve


Thank you. Its good to know. Yes, the leaf is coming from the base of the
Phal.
Its getting north east light from kitchen shelf over a saucer with small
pebbles
and water for humidity. Now, the days are getting shorter, so there won't be
much light as before. Should i fertilize with the new growth showing? Some
say,
use fish emulsion....weekly or monthly?

use fish emulsion....weekly or monthly?

I'd continue with the fertilizer you normally use. It sounds like your plant
is happy. As far as fish emulsion is concerned, I'd be cautious with plants
grown inside. That stuff is not pleasant on the olfactory senses!

Diana

Anthona wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message
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Anthona wrote:

Weel, I had just about given up until i saw a new growth of a leaf at the
base of my Dend and Phal. The Dend is outside in shade on my patio and
the phal is indoors. Now what?

With the Den. just keep growing it.
With the Phal, is the new leaf also at the base of the plant as your
wording implies? Of course Phals usually make new leaves at the top and
they make new roots and flower spikes from the bottom. If you are
definitely seeing a leaf at the bottom, that's not a real bad thing. It
will eventually turn into a 2nd plant. Some Phals do this easier than
others. I think they are more likely to do it if they are not getting
enough light to produce a new flower spike. They produce more leaves
instead. Something to consider.

Steve



Thank you. Its good to know. Yes, the leaf is coming from the base of the
Phal.
Its getting north east light from kitchen shelf over a saucer with small
pebbles
and water for humidity. Now, the days are getting shorter, so there won't be
much light as before. Should i fertilize with the new growth showing? Some
say,
use fish emulsion....weekly or monthly?


I have a friend who uses fish emulsion and feels that her plants really
respond to it. She uses it only while the plants are outside for the
summer. I've never used it so I can't say more about it.
I'm a little concerned that you might not be giving your Phal enough
light. Some do manage to rebloom with lower light so a north east window
might do it. If yours fails to start a new flower spike this fall or
early winter, you might try to find a brighter spot and hope for better
results nest year.

Steve

"Steve" wrote in message
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Anthona wrote:
Weel, I had just about given up until i saw a new growth of a leaf at the
base of my Dend and Phal. The Dend is outside in shade on my patio and
the phal is indoors. Now what?

With the Den. just keep growing it.
With the Phal, is the new leaf also at the base of the plant as your
wording implies? Of course Phals usually make new leaves at the top and
they make new roots and flower spikes from the bottom. If you are
definitely seeing a leaf at the bottom, that's not a real bad thing. It
will eventually turn into a 2nd plant. Some Phals do this easier than
others. I think they are more likely to do it if they are not getting
enough light to produce a new flower spike. They produce more leaves
instead. Something to consider.

Steve

Thank you. Its good to know. Yes, the leaf is coming from the base of the
Phal.
Its getting north east light from kitchen shelf over a saucer with small
pebbles
and water for humidity. Now, the days are getting shorter, so there won't be
much light as before. Should i fertilize with the new growth showing? Some
say,
use fish emulsion....weekly or monthly?