| Welcome SallyAnn - sounds to me like potentially you might be watering your phal too much causing the roots to rot. What kind of media do you have it potted in? Wilting leaves on a phal usually indicate that the roots are in poor health. Even though it is getting ready to bloom you might want to turn it over and gently remove the plant and examine the roots. If you have any mushy, black, or otherwise poor health roots - they should be removed. You want nice thick plump roots. Another less likely possibility is not enough water - you say water with a "small amount of water". What does this mean? You should water with enough water to thoroughly moisten all of your media and then flush with even more every few months to remove excess minerals that might build up over time. I can imagine if you repotted with coarse bark that was not pre-soaked, and then are only using a small amount of water each time, possibly your plant could be water starved. If this be the case, to get the bark to a rehydrated state you should probably soak the entire pot for a half hour or so once a week for the next few weeks - at least that is what I'd do in that scenerio. If none of this seems to make any sense with what you are seeing give us some more information and we'll try again.
Good luck - Mike  |