[SShide77]

Hello,

I have been dreading/putting off repotting and performing 'surgery' on one of my phals because i suspected that it was terribly rotted and frankly, rotted roots gross me out. Anyways, i finally decided that I had to do it because waiting would just make it worse if they were rotted as badly as I had suspected. This phal was two plants in one. When i pulled each out, i found that one was BADLY rotted, the only viable roots were the ones that had grown above the media, The other, seemed to be almost unharmed. A few mushy root ends, which i had expected, but other than that the roots were all firm and either whitish or green, that is a sign of a healthy root, right? On the plant that was very rotted, i cut off all the roots besides the ones that had grown above the media, and poured hydrogen peroxide over the area where roots had been. I potted this one in a mixture of mostly sphagnum with a little bit of fir bark mixed in. Is the only thing I do now to wait? Is there anything I can do to help encourage root growth (besides using superthrive) What is the best thing for me to do for these plants? This phal is one of my favorites and would like to save it if at all possible.

Thanks!
Sarah