Dead Harlequin Phal.

[boxerfan]

When will I learn that if I can't take a peek at the roots, don't buy the plant! Did I say roots, what roots? All this plant had were shrivelled greyish, mooshy strands all the way up to the body of the plant. Nothing to salvage. Lisa

[fred]

Lisa pm me if you are having problems.

i will help talk you through with uploading pics

[kmarch]

If the plant itself has not started to decline, there may yet be hope. Consider the sphag and bag method with some rooting hormone.

[boxerfan]

Unfortunately, the plant was looking pretty bad. The leaves were thin, lifeless and turning yellow in areas. i thought I had some awful pest or fungus and read everything I could find here and in the books I have. Right before I was going to snap a pic of the leaves to send here, that nagging little voice in my head said "Just check the roots". When I de-potted it, the roots fell off. Not a good sign. I cut off the spike and put it in water, then discarded the poor plant. I felt really bad for it. This is my second Harlequin Phal with bad roots, some day I'm going to own a healthy one. Lisa

[Ellen]

You could have taken the plant back to the place where you bought it. No one should be selling a plant in such poor condition. If you really want to revive a plant like that, though, just throw it on the compost pile and come back a year later. My latest miracle resurrection story is an Ansellia africana that was "dead" for at least a year, lying on the floor, but is now growing a beautiful new growth with beautiful healthy roots.