Hi Maree. A few things could be going on. First, let me address the droopy leaves. I've got a few Wedding Promenade Phals and one thing I've noticed with them is that their top leaves randomly will droop and then, perk up again. Don't know why this happens but it does.
Being that yours is in bloom and all of a sudden these leaves have become sluggish, I would highly suspect that something is going on with the roots. You just repotted this in bark so my first question is, did you soak the bark for at least 24 hours before using it? If not, it's probably not retaining enough water to keep the plant nourished. One thing about Phals...you can overwater or underwater and the results will be the same.....you'll end up with roots that are either rotted or hardened, both ruined and making it incapable of receiving the water it needs.
You've got to be very careful with the watering techniques as well. I would not submerge it in water. You've got to also be careful to avoid getting water in the crown of the plant otherwise, you'll end up losing the plant. You can buy at any grocery store wooden barbecue skewers. They come 100 to a package for about $1.00. Stick a skewer in the pot after you water and DON'T water again until that stick is barely dry. Make sure when you put the skewer in that you don't stab any roots and start checking your plant about 4 days after you last watered. Depending on what size pot this Phal is in, the general guidelines would be about once a week for a 4" pot, 8-10 days for 6" (this time of year. Summer, more often). The stick will show whether it's wet, barely wet, almost dry and will also feel mildly cool to the touch when it's time to water. When in doubt, wait a day longer. It's better to err on the dry side than wet.
Now, if you do (and I recommend you do) check the roots on this plant and find that they're all mushy and not silvery and firm, the first thing you'll need to do is cut away all the dead roots and pot it again using new bark. If you do this, don't water the plant for a couple of weeks. Keep it dry and allow it to re-establish itself. What a lot of people do at this point when the roots have been compromised is cut the entire spike off so to allow the plant to gain the strength it needs to start growing these roots instead of it putting all it's energy (which it's doing now) in keeping the flowers bloomed.
Check the roots first. If the roots look good, forget everything I said above
It may be just acclimating itself to it's new environment!!
Best of luck.
Phal, Wedding Promenade with leaves drooping
Linear Mode
