Is This Erwinia on my Phal leave?

[RJSquirrel]

I would concur and say yes it is soft rot caused by erwinia. It can kill the whole plant in 3 days if left to itself.

you just cant leave any water on top of the leaves at all. the erwinia is spread by the water. you probably are going to find more of this if you havent been careful.

keep the leaves dry after you cut that leaf off and you should be okey as said..

I got hit with erwinia too and its not a death sentence if you take care of it right away. If you had been gone for 4 or 5 days , you would have had a black smelly mass of pooh waiting for you.

Check your plants everyday that you possibly can until you are absolutely sure what you are doing is safe and proper. Be sure to use sterilized tools all the time no matter how good you are. Limit your sources of infection to start with.

We learn the hard way with orchids it seems

Good luck!

[bronco]

Well I lost the plant.
I unpotted it to see the condition of the roots,which weren't too bad when I repotted it 2 days ago.
Every root had it's vellum (or how ever it is spelled), collapsed and it peeled off the root hair.
Whatever I had moved quickly and destroyed my plant.
Denny

[Jayfar]

Sorry to hear that, but not unexpected. I strongly recommend that you follow up with a preventative spraying of Phyton 27 for any plants that were near the infected one. Orchids.com is one place that has it, but it's available a few other places online as well. Follow all label precautions and wear disposible rubber gloves, as noted in my previous post.