Philippinensis basal keiki?
I made the mistake of mail ordering from Germany three phal species without consulting the weather prediction first. As it turned out, the phals arrived during the week of the most severe snow blizzard to ever hit Athens in the last decade, along with all time low temps. Jeez!
When I got the packages, I wasn't expecting much to have survided the near freezing temps, and I *seriously* doubted that my package especially was sitting in a heated room at the airport postal hangar.
So I opened the box and saw that I got one very dead celebensis, two leaves connected by a dry root that carried a label "philippinensis" and a mini mark in spike, but with serious cold damage on the crown and a dry emerging lead leaf .
I immediately transplanted the mini mark in s/h hoping to avoid further damage, tossed the celebensis and repotted the philippinensis deeper in the same medium (bark) and occasionally misting it. The top two leaves had been detached from the crown, leaving one noticeable hole in their place.
It has been 2 months now. The mini mark has subspiked, and starting sth that's either a new spike or (hopefully) a keiki. The lead leaf is still quite dead.
The philippinensis seemed dormant but when I poked around in the media today I found a teeny tiny growth on the side of the crown, along with some sort of root growth. I am kinda worried about the white spots, so I repotted into s/h. Well? Do you think it stands a chance?
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