| I think you have done a great job of self diagnosing - repot them both up as soon as you can. With the phal, completely clean off the old media, cut/remove all dried or rotten roots and keep only the nice fat plump ones like the aerial one sticking up. The ones inside the media that are good will likely appear more of a tan color instead of gray. If you have much root loss you will probably want to keep it in the same sized pot as currently - you want to be careful not to overpot a phal - just a little larger than the root mass. Lots of choices and thoughts about what kind of media to use - most newbies go with some sort of commercially available bark mix. I and many others have migrated to other choices over time. The cymbidium also needs a slightly larger pot and repot. Also lots of media choices there. Many people in my area actually mix potting soil and bark 50/50 for them - since they are terrestrial. Others use strictly bark or maybe add a little coir. Good luck! |