Monnierara Millenium Magic drying out

[CROrchid]

Hello everyone,

I've been enjoying my success with Phals for three years now, never had any issues and they're growing and flowering beautifully.

Anyway, I decided to order the Monnierara Millenium Magic "Withcraft" two weeks ago.

The plant arrived a week ago, after spending a week in transport (in a postal box).

When I unpacked the plant, I noticed the following:
- Plant is a small seedling in a 5cm non-transparent pot, tightly packed in spaghnum moss
- Has two bulbs, one smaller than the other (1.5cm and 2cm).
- The smaller bulb had one leaf yellow and the other one seemed in a bad condition as well

During the following week this happened in chronological order:
- Both leaves fell off the small bulb - The leaves from the larger plant began to yellow at the tips - I watered the plant every three days (twice in a week)
- I noticed the lowest leaf of the larger bulb is sort off "cutting off" (the black drying thing on the picture) and might fall off soon
- I noticed the newest leaf in the middle (which is stagnant and not doing anything during the week) is slightly yellowish (drying?) at the point where it comes from the crown of the plant, not sure if this is normal?

- The plant was on the northern window where there's no direct sun ever, I grow my Phals there.

Squeezing the bulbs indicates they're not soft/mushy, they feel sturdy.


So today, I've decided to repot the plant into a diy transparent pot (small yogurt container, drilled holes on the sides and on the bottom). I've removed all the spaghnum moss from the roots (there was quite a lot of it packed in such a small pot). I've put it into a fine bark medium with a bit spaghnum moss on top and put it near the southern window where there are a few hours of direct sunlight each day. During the repotting, I've observed there are no rotten roots (but also not that many of them) and one seemed greenish and looked like it was in active growth. I now plan to water it every day since the direct sunlight should help dry the bark medium during the day.

What are your thoughts, is there hope for this plant?