Repotting a Phalaenopsis

[jtsang]

Originally Posted by kid a

I usually just dump some on them lol! and wait until it quit fizzing

So, we only apply the peroxide on the rotten roots? If we use peroxide then we don't really need to cut off the rotten roots? Rotten roots mean the mushy and hollow ones, right? Thanks!

[VEEKTOR]

Great Thread! I'm doing my first re-pot tomorrow and I plan on getting up early and reading this whole thing before I do anything. THank you!

[jims406ss]

I noticed your leaves have a reddish tint to some of them is that bad ( too much light?) I have that on some of mine but none recieve direct light Mine are in a covered screened porch about 5 ft from the screen. New to this but like it

[Phalcycle]

Some of the phals that have pink, pruple, or red colored flowers usually ahve a purple-ish red-ish tint to the leaves. Its normal for them to have that tint.

[jims406ss]

yup most of my leaves have that purple tint on bottombut they are very healthy got 12 flowers on one w/2 spikes and 6flowers on another w/1 spike tops of leaves are glossy green as are the other 4 I have but they dont have flowers any more. in line for repotting thanks for the info BTW.

[Oceanside]

Thanks so much for the great pictures and the step-by-step info. If nothing else, your pictures show me how bad my plants look. I haven't been in orchid mode, and 3 of them are showing the strain. I hope I have enough good roots for them to thrive, but thanks to you they now have a chance of at least surviving!

[linda01]

very good instructions, i wish i had seen that before i repotted, I didn't do it just right, but looks like it's doing okay, so when i need to repot again, I will follow your directions.

[wu78754]

I got rid of the potting medium and placed my Phalaenopsis in the now empty container and put the container on a beer mug to keep the balance and maintain the moisture. Other than needing to mist it more often, it's doing pretty well. My previous over-watering problem is gone forever and I can see the root condition all the time. If I need to go away for a week or so, I just water it and cover the root area with a plastic sheet and it will keep the moisture for 10 days.

[Ron]

Re-visite the page and well worth looking at it again.
Thanks