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Scary crown rot's keeping me up at night
I have an unidentified orchid, which looks like a mini phal with deep
purple flowers. It is in a clear plastic pot (6" high 4" wide) and I bought it while it was blooming two months ago. It's still blooming and making new flowers (they just keep coming, I'm so happy. The roots and green and free from rot, the leaves and thick, stiff, and more like those of a phaph than a phal. It was $10 so I bought it even though I still don't know what it is. We'll soon after I bought it I noticed a new leaf coming up in the crown (I think the leaf was there when I bought it, though) After two months it had not grown any and looked a bit dark purple so I poked it lightly to see if it was limp. It WAS limp and it fell off (it was only 1/4th of an inch long, and the other leaves are 4-6" I'm so scared it has crown rot! I have been careful about not getting water in the crown—but oh, no… what do I do? I looked in the space where the leaf fell off and it seems OK (not black or soft) is my plant OK or do I need to do something? HELP! PS, how long can one spike flower? I amazed… the spike just gets longer and longer with more expanding buds and flowers. It's been months! The only thing is the new flowers are not a deep of a purple as the first ones, do I need more light? Hmmm... I love orchids. -Susan -- http://futurebird.diaryland.com |
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