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07-23-2007, 11:34 AM
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Shriveled Phal Roots
I am transferring my Phal Brother Wild Thing to fresh medium in the hopes of saving it from the nematodes. There are some rotted roots I am going to clip, but I was wondering about shriveled roots. The plant is dry, so I can tell the mushy roots from the firm ones, but what about the shriveled ones? Are they simply in need of a watering, or are those dead as well? Thanks!
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07-23-2007, 04:52 PM
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It would be great if you had a picture you could post.
Are the shrivelled roots silver or grayish in color? If so, it sounds like they are alive and my just need a good soak.
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07-23-2007, 06:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscarman
It would be great if you had a picture you could post.
Are the shrivelled roots silver or grayish in color? If so, it sounds like they are alive and my just need a good soak.
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It will be hard to tell without a  . Could merely be surface wrinkles, my own verbage guys. I have a phal, lively and lookin' good with 1 root that has signs of shriveled root, felt it and it is merely on the velamen and the rest of the root is okie dokie... 
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07-23-2007, 07:40 PM
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This isn't the best photo, but I don't have a decent camera to show the roots. You can see one healthy aerial root and then one shriveled one. Is it dead, and should I cut it? It doesn't plump up when I water, so I don't know if it is functioning at all. It it is dead, is that just from the plant naturally selecting it's root system, or should I mist it more often? lol! Thanks again!
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07-24-2007, 08:36 AM
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The one on the left is definitely healthy, the right definitely dead. You can choose not to snip it off, it's alright, but if you want it to look a bit more tidy and free some space you can cut it off. You know it is dead when it's dry and light (compared to a healthy root) to touch. You can mist it more often, lack of humidity can cause the roots to die.
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07-24-2007, 08:20 PM
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The one on the left is definitely healthy, the right definitely dead. You can choose not to snip it off, it's alright, but if you want it to look a bit more tidy and free some space you can cut it off. You know it is dead when it's dry and light (compared to a healthy root) to touch. You can mist it more often, lack of humidity can cause the roots to die.
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Thanks so much for the info! I don't want to over-mist, so I wanted to know whether it could be revived.  |
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