http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/ Phalaenopsis orchids Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:04:05 GMT Denise Nash http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/749 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/749 Hi Sharon - Living in California, you have a wide variety of orchids you can grow!? And many wonderful orchid vendors.? Consider yourself lucky! I use Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:46:17 GMT Sharon Griffing http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/748 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/748 Thank you! I looked at those dead looking tendrils and wanted to cut off so badly but didn't until I heard back. So now the plant is in an east facing window. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:47:03 GMT smile awhile http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/747 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/747 Sharon, Do nothing until it is finished blooming!!!  It is normal to have roots out like that, as normally in the wild they are usually hanging on the side of Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:31:41 GMT Denise Nash http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/746 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/746 Hi Sharon - Please do not cut the roots! Your phalaenopsis is an epiphite (air plant) and it needs them. I have no idea how to suggest you grow your phal in Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:37:45 GMT brmarsh http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/745 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/745 This plant has leaves yellowing and two seem to be drying out. What could be the cause? View picture in album, brmarsh. Thanks for your help. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:36:58 GMT sharong http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/744 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/744 My dear husband decided to smooth over some ruffled feathers this morning (forgot my b/day!) and brought me a phalanenopsis orchid from the local store. There Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:04:43 GMT samuel_tiu http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/743 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/743 cut all those infected parts... slanted!!! and spray with fungicide... sprinkle with cinnamon all over the plants. and do not water for a week... dats all!!! Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:03:49 GMT Geoffrey Frost http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/742 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/742 Show & Plant Sale : 10:00am - 5:00pm Saturday & 10:00am - 4:00pm Sunday. This year we are very proud to present the 39th Annual Orchid Show here in Austin. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:24:16 GMT Denise Nash http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/741 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/741 Hi Kushroo - Since you haven't had anyone answer, I'll take a shot at it. It looks to me as if the moss on the top of your plants held too much moisture too Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:55:27 GMT Khushroo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/740 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/740 Hi, I am having problems with some of my Phalaenopsis plants, where the leaves seem to get rotten and fall off. This starts as wet spots on leaves, which Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:36:59 GMT Lisa (Cruetsonly) http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/739 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/739 I wonder if the difference in flowering habit has to do with the type of phal. Perhaps some don't flower well off old spikes and some do??? ~Lisa ... than ... Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:29:58 GMT Denise Nash http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/738 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/738 Well, John, all I can say is that you are far more careful than I am. It never fails that I knock the old spike as I'm watering or moving the plant, which jars Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:07:05 GMT Denise Nash http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/737 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/737 Hi Joy - Sorry, we regularly get roots stuck into other pots, onto the benches in the greenhouse, etc etc. Roots never will create a new plant in my Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:47:22 GMT C.Roy Pessoa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/736 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/736 to each his own, but i prefer to remove the old shoot, as the new is always more spectacular & i enjoy my Phal's leaves immensely & as with everything, the Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:41:06 GMT Joy Ann Parker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/735 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Phalaenopsis-orchids/message/735 Thank you Denise for your advice on cutting off the old shoots. I have quite a few phals on a window seat and they are quite close together. I notice that some