I'm hoping someone can help me rehabilitate my Phal Bellina. I recently purchased my first one online. It's a little guy in a 2" pot with three small leaves of very pale green. When it arrived it looked okay, but then I noticed that the bottom leaf was starting to look yellowish after a few days. When I carefully lifted it out of the bark to inspect the roots, I discovered sticky white mold throughout the media. The mold was gluing the bark to the rotting roots, and I had to do a lot of picking and cleaning to tidy up what was salvageable of the roots.

I got a refund from the seller, and he encouraged me to see if I could save the Bellina. It has one good root left that was hanging in the air upon shipment and was not attacked by the mold. I have repotted it in sterile media and given it a happy environment, but I'm wondering if there's anything else I should do. So far it seems to be hanging on. I've kept it out of bright sunlight to not stress it, but I'm not sure that this is the best course of action...would more sunlight help it? I've been watering it fairly often, since it only has the one root to use, but I'm not seeing any new growth on it. I gave it a very diluted bit of fertilizer today.

Does anyone have any tips that might help this plant perk up? I'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks so much!

Smiles, Jenn