| Help with Unhappy Phal
Hi,
I could use some advice on caring for my orchid!
My boyfriend gave me a phalenopsis for my birthday in August. It was very happy and bloomed through November. Since then it has seemed less happy. I noticed that it stayed wet and didn't need water for 6 weeks at a time, so I repotted it into a clay pot for better drainage and cut off the roots that were dead or rotting. Noticing that it hasn't seemed to get any happier since then (it has a root and a leaf or potential flower spike that it's been working on for MONTHS without much growth at all), today I went and bought some bark (it's been in sphagnum moss) and a smaller pot. But as I uncovered its roots today, it seems that they're still having trouble with rot, and there aren't too many roots left. I took some pictures that I'll attach.
How can I make it happy? What size pot is appropriate? Any advice on light or temperature? I'd love to see it bloom again but right now I'm worried about just keeping it alive. |