Can phal be saved?

[mrsb102]

Originally Posted by MrHappyRotter

All hope is not lost, but it's going to be a long road to recovery. I've seen phals in much worse shape, but that plant is quickly approaching that point of no return. When they get to this level of sickness, though, getting them back to life can be touchy, and there can be set backs.



If we're going to help you, you really should provide us with detailed notes on how you care for the plant so we know how to help you. Almost any info you get otherwise is guess work.



To become that dehydrated, one or more of the following likely apply: You may not be watering enough. The plant doesn't appear to have particularly healthy roots, so you may have watered too much, or inconsistently, and leading to rot. The potting mix may have broken down too much, causing root death. Your humidity may be too low, or the air movement may be way too high. It's also possible that you've fertilized too much, killing off roots. Also, temperatures that are too low for too long can result in poor root health. And I'm sure that's not even the full list of ailments/concerns that could lead to the plant's current health.



To recover the plant you need to get the humidity up and move it to a shadier place temporarily. Phals like warmth, so make sure your temperatures aren't too low. While it is in recovery, keep temps in the 70F - 85F range at all times if possible. If the potting mix is old and deteriorated, you might as well repot now. If there are few to no healthy roots, then there's no point fertilizing the plant, and watering should be kept minimal until you see healthy, active growing root tips. For the time being you can sprinkle or spray water on the few remaining viable roots to try and get some moisture back into the plant. If the plant tries to send out a flower spike, you need to cut the spike off to prevent it from putting energy into blooming when it needs to reserve that energy for recovery.



In the long term, though, it will be important to figure out where things went wrong, correct those issues, and provide consistent improved care.

I want to say I re-potted it in 2015 sometime. I keep it in a window facing west, like the rest of my phals. The last time it bloomed was last year. I am thinking maybe I over watered and then inadvertently killed it, which I am trying to bring it back to life.


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