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I have a Phal that has 3 leaves on one side and two leaves on the other
side, and now both the bottom and the middle leaves on the first side
mentioned are going yellow, and thus once it has lost those two it will have
1 leaf on one side and 2 leaves on the other (so it's going down from 5
leaves to 3 leaves total).

I have had this plant only for three months, it has not grown a new leaf
yet, it is still in bloom.

Is it ok for me to wait until it is done blooming, and repot then, or if it
were your Phal would you want to look at the roots of this plant earlier
just in case?

If this plant does not grow a new leaf in what amount of time, or if it
looses another of its leaves before growing new ones, when should I start to
be concerned?

The only other Phal that I have that has had only 3 leaves had serious root
problems when I repotted it (but it has grown new roots and a new leaf in
the meantime).

Am I fussing too much, or do I have a reason to be concerned here?

Thanks,
Joanna

I repotted this Phal today. It had a very healthy root system. I suspect
that I am being too fussy, repotting plants that don't really need it.
Joanna

"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 22:25:03 GMT, "J Fortuna"
wrote:

I have a Phal that has 3 leaves on one side and two leaves on the other
side, and now both the bottom and the middle leaves on the first side
mentioned are going yellow, and thus once it has lost those two it will
have
1 leaf on one side and 2 leaves on the other (so it's going down from 5
leaves to 3 leaves total).

I have had this plant only for three months, it has not grown a new leaf
yet, it is still in bloom.

Is it ok for me to wait until it is done blooming, and repot then, or if
it
were your Phal would you want to look at the roots of this plant earlier
just in case?

If this plant does not grow a new leaf in what amount of time, or if it
looses another of its leaves before growing new ones, when should I start
to
be concerned?

The only other Phal that I have that has had only 3 leaves had serious
root
problems when I repotted it (but it has grown new roots and a new leaf in
the meantime).

Am I fussing too much, or do I have a reason to be concerned here?

Thanks,
Joanna

If it were mine - I would cut the flower spike and put it in a
vase. The flowers are only taking energy that it needs for
leaves and roots. It does not need to flower this year if you
can keep it alive to bloom again. You can repot a phal that is
in bloom. But if it is loosing leaves.... DO IT don't wait. I
had a huge one that bloomed itself to death because I was not
paying attention to the fact that it did not grow a new leaf.



SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

On Thu, 13 May 2004 22:25:03 GMT, "J Fortuna"
wrote:

I have a Phal that has 3 leaves on one side and two leaves on the other
side, and now both the bottom and the middle leaves on the first side
mentioned are going yellow, and thus once it has lost those two it will have
1 leaf on one side and 2 leaves on the other (so it's going down from 5
leaves to 3 leaves total).

I have had this plant only for three months, it has not grown a new leaf
yet, it is still in bloom.

Is it ok for me to wait until it is done blooming, and repot then, or if it
were your Phal would you want to look at the roots of this plant earlier
just in case?

If this plant does not grow a new leaf in what amount of time, or if it
looses another of its leaves before growing new ones, when should I start to
be concerned?

The only other Phal that I have that has had only 3 leaves had serious root
problems when I repotted it (but it has grown new roots and a new leaf in
the meantime).

Am I fussing too much, or do I have a reason to be concerned here?

Thanks,
Joanna

If it were mine - I would cut the flower spike and put it in a
vase. The flowers are only taking energy that it needs for
leaves and roots. It does not need to flower this year if you
can keep it alive to bloom again. You can repot a phal that is
in bloom. But if it is loosing leaves.... DO IT don't wait. I
had a huge one that bloomed itself to death because I was not
paying attention to the fact that it did not grow a new leaf.



SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php