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leaf flop on phal
ok, so i've got this golden peoker daughter that i bought in bloom in
april; it's currently blooming off the 2d spike, fat, green, happy, looks screamingly healthy, and grew a new leaf--which is falling over. the leaf is not soft, yellow, mushy, black or any of the other things that indicate some sort of rot--it's clear green at the base and darker green towards the body, and looks lovely--except it wants to flop over sideways. (and i mean WAY over sideways. like, i'm afraid it will actually break off.) the plant is in a plastic pot in sphag with peanuts in the bottom; when i dunked the pot and got it all very wet last sunday, the leaf stood itself back up within about 36 hours. last night when i came home from work, it had flopped itself over again. clearly, there's a hysdrostatic pressure issue here--but my concern is that if i keep the sphag (which is still wet to the touch on the surface) wet enough to keep this leaf happy, it will cause the roots to rot. thoughts?? repot? stake the leaf and leave it be? this is my current favorite plant and i don't know much about this sphag business (my other plants are in bark and clay pots) and i don't want to kill it. thx in advance... --j_a |
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