| I have been following this thread, and I think I should have weighed in about the mounting. Mounting a stressed phal will just put too much more stress on it. I totally agree with Tom on this. It will lose leaves if it is stressed. I would not reccomend the IV technique, as putting a hole in the crown may cause many other problems, such as bacteria, or fungus. I think that putting a bag around the plant will help, and you may want to look into some fungicide for it while it is recovering. I also reccomend that you do not fertilize this plant for at least 6 weeks or more. It will be touch and go until it acclimates to the mount and recovers. I am glad that you cut off the spike, as that will give the plant some energy to recover.
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