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Originally Posted by morphiii  Well another sad news, the other Phal. that I had next to the big white one is showing similar symptoms.
What the hell? The leaf is weak in the crown and when I pull on it, off it comes.
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i still think there is a question as to whether it's a bacteria or a fungus that couses CR, but as you have just found out,
it spreads.
the first thing to do when you find CR is immediately isolate the affected plant. i know people who then spray down the growing area and all the nearby plants with a fungicide to try and nip any spread in the bud.
condolences, but sometimes this stuff happens. i was at my local (fairly good) nursery a few weeks ago looking at the 'chids, and came around the bench to find a baldan's kaleidoscope just disintegrating from some sort of rot. no way would i buy a plant from anywhere in that greenhouse. (i snagged a one of the nursery dudes and mentioned he might want to spray the bench down with physan 20 but i don't know if he did it or not.)
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