Dwarf phalaenopsis
Anyone else have trouble with these?
I've been growing "ordinary" phals for at least 10 years, and they flower every year, almost without problem. One, which unusually has 3 flowering stems, lost its leaves (crown rot?) over 18 months ago, but continues flowering without leaves, and has now produced 3 keikis (with possibly 5 more on the way). All these phals were houseplant gifts or donations from those without green fingers. They were probably all sourced from M&S. Earlier this year we were given one of those M&S dwarf phals in flower. I put it with the others, and grew it the same way. Within a couple of months I noticed the remaining flower buds were not looking right, and one by one they fell off, soon followed by the leaves. After a few weeks it was dead. We replaced it with an almost identical plant a couple of months ago. It flowered well, but the flowering stem lasted a much shorter time than normal phals. As it seemed to be a bit loose in its pot, I repotted it a couple of weeks ago. A few days ago I noticed the leaves seemed to be turning yellow. This morning the last one fell off. I think the compost heap awaits it... -- Jeff |
Dwarf phalaenopsis
Hello Jeff
In article , Jeff Layman wrote: Anyone else have trouble with these? Big Snip I picked up one at one of our local "cheapie" stores for £1.35. It flowered OK and then nearly died. My wife wanted to throw it out, but I rescued the one green leaf, repotted it in a small pot, Put the pot in a polythene bag, and gave it a little bottom heat in my windowsill propogator. It took quite a time, but it recovered, was moved out of the propogator onto the kitchen windowsill, and has flowered. Since then it has grown some more and has a new flowering spike coming. It seems to need to be kept very moist in a very well drained compost. Cheers John -- John Rye Hadleigh IPSWICH England Web Site http://www.ryepad.plus.com --- Using RISC OS on a Strongarm RiscPC, a Raspberry Pi, and emulated under Windows --- |
Dwarf phalaenopsis
On 23/12/16 16:31, John Rye wrote:
Hello Jeff In article , Jeff Layman wrote: Anyone else have trouble with these? Big Snip I picked up one at one of our local "cheapie" stores for £1.35. It flowered OK and then nearly died. My wife wanted to throw it out, but I rescued the one green leaf, repotted it in a small pot, Put the pot in a polythene bag, and gave it a little bottom heat in my windowsill propogator. It took quite a time, but it recovered, was moved out of the propogator onto the kitchen windowsill, and has flowered. Since then it has grown some more and has a new flowering spike coming. It seems to need to be kept very moist in a very well drained compost. Cheers John Interesting. I hadn't thought of putting it in a polythene bag. As it's now leafless, I'll wait and see if any new leaves appear. before doing anything else. It's got 2 or 3 months to come up with the goods... -- Jeff |
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