I think someone wants a bigger pot

[astrid]

Originally Posted by Skycat

Aw dang, I already repotted it like right after I posted.

I know it's normal for Phals to have roots outside the pot, and I actually did quite like it with the ridiculous spider-roots, but I dunno, I guess I was a little nervous about it getting unruly. This is the only one of my Phals that's been doing this.

I made this mistake with a phal recently. I've been nursing it to health for a year now, after nearly killing it at the start of my orchid love affair, haha!

Anyway, the phal had so so many roots that I thought I should repot it, and I put it from a plastic water bottle to a plastic solo cup. I left it there for a month, but its new leaf stopped growing and I finally checked the roots and HALF THE NEW ONES ROTTED OFF!!

Arghh!! I was so mad, and I put it back in its old pot, after apologizing profusely to it.

I suggest you keep a very very close eye on the repotted phals roots because they may not like a bigger pot - the bigger pot provides more room for excess moisture to hang around.