Oooh boy, I am in a serious fix with this plant. Unfortunately it is the first plant I've ever used hormones on, so it was a learning plant. I was not aware until too late that using keiki-growing hormones actively inhibits root growth. This plant had been re-potted not long beforehand and was not yet stable in terms of developing a good network of new roots in the new media. Really bad time to use keiki paste, I now believe!

The result has been the successful growth of one keiki, but the total loss of all roots on the mother plant. I have never seen that before on a Phal.

The advice I read has been to remove the keiki paste, wait a day or two, then add rooting paste. I did that, but two weeks later there's no sign of root growth. The plant has dehydrated badly and the keiki has stalled.

So today I transferred the mother plant to live sphagnum moss. This often works miracles for Phals BUT I have never tried it with an entirely rootless plant, nor in mid-Autumn.

Please send your prayers ... or practical advice