[sandra]

Thanks much Mike for this tip. Are you saying, potted plant and all in water? How high should the water reach and for how long should I keep them submersed?

Though the pots are larger than the ones the plants came in, not by much except for one. There wasn't enough room to surround the den thoroughly with bark but for the 2phals, there was about a fingers worth (or a little more) to work with. I packed all the plants very tightly on Saturday....should I take them out and repot in smaller containers?

And one more question if I might. One of the phals roots appeared completely rotted....no healthy appearing roots whatsoever. (The plant itself looks healthy but what do I know? There are 2 new shoots/leaves and so far, so good.) I carefully removed all the old bark, cut back the roots to maybe a 1/2 inch and then potted in new bark, new container. Should I have done more than this? Should I have run this part of the plant under water or cleaned them with some sort of solution?