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Help - Leaves falling off!
Our Phalaenopsis 'Happy Girl' is in trouble. After its flowers fell off, we
pruned one of two stalks. Now the lowest leaves have turned yellow and fallen off, and both stalks are slowly turning yellow. What are we doing wrong? Kevin. |
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Help - Leaves falling off!
Hard to say for sure with so little info about your culture, but let me
throw these ideas out: Yellowing of the inflorescences after blooming is not necessarily a problem. Yellowing and loss of lower leaves is also a normal part of the growth cycle of a phal. HOWEVER, as both are happening simultaneously, and as you're losing more than just a single, old leaf, I'd speculate that you've overwatered the thing into a condition known as root rot. The best thing to do is to unpot it, check the condition of the roots, trimming away old, dead ones, and repot into fresh medium. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Kevin Laurence" wrote in message ... Our Phalaenopsis 'Happy Girl' is in trouble. After its flowers fell off, we pruned one of two stalks. Now the lowest leaves have turned yellow and fallen off, and both stalks are slowly turning yellow. What are we doing wrong? Kevin. |
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Help - Leaves falling off!
On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:38:52 -0400, "Ray @ First Rays Orchids"
wrote: Hard to say for sure with so little info about your culture, but let me throw these ideas out: Yellowing of the inflorescences after blooming is not necessarily a problem. Yellowing and loss of lower leaves is also a normal part of the growth cycle of a phal. HOWEVER, as both are happening simultaneously, and as you're losing more than just a single, old leaf, I'd speculate that you've overwatered the thing into a condition known as root rot. The best thing to do is to unpot it, check the condition of the roots, trimming away old, dead ones, and repot into fresh medium. I think Ray should also have suggested that you NOW trim both inflorescences down to within 1/2 to 1 inch of their origin. This is not the time to look for secondary blooms on an old inflorescence. After repotting, when the plant is in this kind of poor shape some people suggest watering with hydrogen peroxide. Ya, the stuff you buy in the pharmacy and use to clean cuts. Cheap insurance if it helps. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Help - Leaves falling off!
On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 18:35:35 -0600, Susan Erickson
wrote: On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:38:52 -0400, "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote: Hard to say for sure with so little info about your culture, but let me throw these ideas out: Yellowing of the inflorescences after blooming is not necessarily a problem. Yellowing and loss of lower leaves is also a normal part of the growth cycle of a phal. HOWEVER, as both are happening simultaneously, and as you're losing more than just a single, old leaf, I'd speculate that you've overwatered the thing into a condition known as root rot. The best thing to do is to unpot it, check the condition of the roots, trimming away old, dead ones, and repot into fresh medium. I think Ray should also have suggested that you NOW trim both inflorescences down to within 1/2 to 1 inch of their origin. This is not the time to look for secondary blooms on an old inflorescence. After repotting, when the plant is in this kind of poor shape some people suggest watering with hydrogen peroxide. Ya, the stuff you buy in the pharmacy and use to clean cuts. Cheap insurance if it helps. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php How would you feel about dusting the root mass with cinnamon? |
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Help - Leaves falling off!
SuE, What strength hydrogen peroxide?
Sno "Susan Erickson" wrote in message ... On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:38:52 -0400, "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote: Hard to say for sure with so little info about your culture, but let me throw these ideas out: Yellowing of the inflorescences after blooming is not necessarily a problem. Yellowing and loss of lower leaves is also a normal part of the growth cycle of a phal. HOWEVER, as both are happening simultaneously, and as you're losing more than just a single, old leaf, I'd speculate that you've overwatered the thing into a condition known as root rot. The best thing to do is to unpot it, check the condition of the roots, trimming away old, dead ones, and repot into fresh medium. I think Ray should also have suggested that you NOW trim both inflorescences down to within 1/2 to 1 inch of their origin. This is not the time to look for secondary blooms on an old inflorescence. After repotting, when the plant is in this kind of poor shape some people suggest watering with hydrogen peroxide. Ya, the stuff you buy in the pharmacy and use to clean cuts. Cheap insurance if it helps. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Standard, drugstore grade is 3%
-- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Noela" wrote in message . .. SuE, What strength hydrogen peroxide? Sno "Susan Erickson" wrote in message ... On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:38:52 -0400, "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote: Hard to say for sure with so little info about your culture, but let me throw these ideas out: Yellowing of the inflorescences after blooming is not necessarily a problem. Yellowing and loss of lower leaves is also a normal part of the growth cycle of a phal. HOWEVER, as both are happening simultaneously, and as you're losing more than just a single, old leaf, I'd speculate that you've overwatered the thing into a condition known as root rot. The best thing to do is to unpot it, check the condition of the roots, trimming away old, dead ones, and repot into fresh medium. I think Ray should also have suggested that you NOW trim both inflorescences down to within 1/2 to 1 inch of their origin. This is not the time to look for secondary blooms on an old inflorescence. After repotting, when the plant is in this kind of poor shape some people suggest watering with hydrogen peroxide. Ya, the stuff you buy in the pharmacy and use to clean cuts. Cheap insurance if it helps. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Help - Leaves falling off!
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 05:45:08 -0400, "Ray @ First Rays Orchids"
wrote: Standard, drugstore grade is 3% That is what I have seen used. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Help - Leaves falling off!
On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 18:35:35 -0600, Susan Erickson
wrote: After repotting, when the plant is in this kind of poor shape some people suggest watering with hydrogen peroxide. Ya, the stuff you buy in the pharmacy and use to clean cuts. Cheap insurance if it helps. Would using physan or RD20 have the same effect as peroxide? bb |
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