Ugh! All seven Phals are repotted, Jon tried to put in an ad for a new owner, and melted plastic is hot. That pretty much sums up my and Jon's day so far.
Most of the Phals had adequate root systems, one or two had fine ones but the Phal. Yaphon Blue Bird had a subpar one. It also had something that could be stem rot, old or new was difficult to tell.
I'll have to keep an extra eye on it and see how it fares.
I'm uncertain if I did a good job when repotting, some got potted too low, some too high, some have too much of the roots visible above the media... We'll see what they think and what happens. I'm expecting some repotting loss (i.e. roots not growing anymore, roots dying, leaf loss, bud blast etc.). I'm
so unsure about what I'm doing! It's amazing what several years away from a hobby can do to one's confidence.
I tried to be
very careful and not damage the roots. Luckily, all of them have growing ones, so I hope that's going to help them acclimate. Especially since five of them went from straight sphagnum to straight bark.
I'm going to be busy watering them a lot until the bark holds more moisture. I soaked the bark over night, but some of it is already drying. I also wish I had a heat mat to put the little Wiganiae and the Yaphon Blue Bird on, but I don't. I hope summer will get started here soon so it gets warm and cozy for them.
Oh yes, I got some melted plastic on my hand when I made some pretty (read; ugly) holes in the pots and boy did it hurt!
Jon was very upset he wasn't allowed out on the balcony with me when I was using the soldering iron on the pots.
Here's the whole gang, from the top (then left to right); Phal. CTL Christopher, Phal. KS Pride Golden Diamond, Phal. Ld's Bear King x George Vasquez, Phal. Liu's Berry ES, Phal. Mini Mark (with two spikes!), Phal. Wiganiae, and Phal. Yaphon Blue Bird:
They're here!
Bad influence
I ordered duplicates of the Phal. Mini Mark and the Phal. Liu's Berry ES as my friend wanted those as well.
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