How do you make a Phal be stable?

[Phalcycle]

One of my phals had root rot, so I decided to repot. I had to cut most of the roots off, and when I tried repotting, the phal wouldn't be stable. It kept wobbling back and forth.

Is there like a method you guys use for stability?
Like a rhizome clip for catts, what is there for phals?

[Brooke]

I insert a bamboo skewer on each side of the stem and then twist tie the top of the skewers together.

Brooke

[lmartiny]

You can get pot clips at Lowes or Home Depot. They work well.

[Phalcycle]

Thanks guys,

I tried going to Home Depot and asking them for pot clips, and their unknowledgeable staff looked at me with a confused look. I guess my local home depot doesn't have them.

Right now I am using Brooke's method (Thanks)
They work quite nicely too =)

[Fishmom]

Masking tape across the rim of the pot works well also. It can be used to train a stalk or guide a pseudopod in the direction you want as well.

[mytwogirls]

It takes a bit of time for my orchids to "settle" when I repot them. They are usually tipsy for a few weeks (no, not THAT kind of tipsy....lol...) until the media settles down.

[11Orchid126]

I have even used spread-open hair pins to hold a rhyzome down. The hair pins eventually degrade.

[Stelios]

what i do is using a soft spongy plastic covered wire to hold it in place and just tie the ends together under the pot (through the drainage holes). When the plan grows a few new roots and gets stable i untie it and it stays in place.

[Blueszz]

Sometimes I use the old (but cut) spike and a stalk to fixate the plant in a pot. When I repot and want to trim the spike, I trim after repotting. When I need the old spike to fixate the orchid in it's pot, I don't cut it back as far as normal.

Nicole

[koshki]

I had to resort to using monofilament fishing line to tie mine into the net pots because they kept falling out. It has worked quite well so far.