Phal. problem

I have a new friend who gives me "old" phals after they drop thier blooms, they are previously owned by some rich folks who dont take care of them at all.. so I got this phal with beautiful roots, two spikes and a single bright royal pruple bloom(there was no species tag) but it has no leaves, not even one. I repotted it into s/h with my other phals.. I would sure love some input here..

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Drew

No leaves on a Phal !
Well i guess it,s brown bread but hasn,t got the sense to die.
I very much doubt it will recover but it may just to make me look a real
idiot.

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Who the smeg is Dwayne Dibbley ?

It happened to me more than once before, phals losing all its leaves leaving only the base and a mass of healthy roots. Some of them will sprout basal keikis, as long as you keep the roots from drying up completely. Most will eventually die. You said yours have 2 spikes? Well, you might as well wait and see if the buds will develop fully and enjoy the blooms while you can. Repotting it into s/h may not be a good idea, because it has no leaves, but what do I know, I have never potted a phal into s/h before, healthy phal or otherwise.

I'm sure someone with more know hows will pitch in.

I'd cut the spikes as quick as you can. Let the poor beleaguered thing put its energy into leaf formation and not impressing philistines with it's lovely flowers (as a suicide gesture).

Best of luck - what a sad story!
Julie

PS - Maybe even sphag and bag that guy.

well, it was overbloomed when I got it, the one purple flower is the last on the spikes, so I wanted to keep it until I could find a picture to try to identify the type of plant, on the off-chance that it recouperates. Is there anything I can do to help the plant initiate a keiki?

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Drew

Cut the flowers and plunk them in water. Photo those. Else you might lose the plant.

Don't worry about a keiki - a surviving plant is much more valuable. Good luck!
Julie