Near Fatality

[quietmorning]

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Near Fatality

Nearly had a fatality today. I put the phal I have up stairs in my office to keep it away from the fumes from stripping the beadboard in the bathroom. I placed her in front of a west window thinking that since there is a huge tree blocking the sun, for the most part, my phal would get filtered light and be fine.
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Wrong.
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[PitcherASAMD]

I'm sooo sorry to hear that! Is your phal okay?

[quietmorning]

Originally Posted by PitcherASAMD

I'm sooo sorry to hear that! Is your phal okay?

I think she is. Her leaves have sprung back up, and there are no apparent burns on her leaves. Won't do THAT again!

[camille1585]

Good thing you were checking on it, or else you might not have seen it in time! Glad to hear it's ok, it must have just gotten a bit of a suntan. I have a phal with minor sunburn spots because of something like that last summer. I didn't notice that it was sitting in the sun. I had put it behind some other orchids to shade it, but the angle of the sun changed so much in a few hours that soon the phal was in full sun. ouch!

[quietmorning]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Good thing you were checking on it, or else you might not have seen it in time! Glad to hear it's ok, it must have just gotten a bit of a suntan. I have a phal with minor sunburn spots because of something like that last summer. I didn't notice that it was sitting in the sun. I had put it behind some other orchids to shade it, but the angle of the sun changed so much in a few hours that soon the phal was in full sun. ouch!

I didn't even think about the sun MOVING before I put her up in my office. Doh. I'm glad I checked on her too. . . I've never swiped an orchid away from a window so fast!! **laughing** my husband thought the house was on fire or something!

But yeah, she's fine. Thank goodness!