Phaleonopsis Problems?

[walingwaling]

i cant see what you did wrong, my guess is the roots, pls check if they are fresh and green.
and maybe stop misting for a while.

[donsjuand]

i cant see what you did wrong, my guess is the roots, pls check if they are fresh and green.
and maybe stop misting for a while.

Thanks for the heads up on the roots! Since I'm using a plastic pot with 6 holes inside of a clay pot with 1 hole, I figure you could very well be right on the money given the fact that my clay pot has been up on a flat table; therefore blocking the only bottom hole! So I decided to wedge the pots (sans clay) into a shoe rack lol. That way, more air should get to the roots until I can find a plastic mesh pot to transfer them after bloom's done. I hear when transplanting, it's a good idea to remove all old medium and clip the rotten roots with a sterile pair of scissors or knife, then dip into diluted root stim then put into new moss in a new extra aerated meshy pot....I'll try that next.

But first, I'll give at least another week or 2 to see if new blooms come. Some good advice here, so Thanks everyone and keep it coming!!

[donsjuand]

Upon close inspection of my pots I noticed the grower of these (i got them in bloom) packed the moss down really tight, so not much air must have got to the roots as some are starting to rot, but there are still alot of green healthy ones too. So I ordered clear orchid pots with more holes, bought a mixed orchid medium with bark etc, cut off the rotten roots with clean scissors and fluffed up the spag.

I'm anxious to repot once my supplies are in and I'll use the re-potting guide from this site; great advice in here.

After clipping, I'll likely rinse the roots well and soak in peroxide, but is it straight peroxide? or a dilution? If it's diluted, what's a good ratio? Also, my pictures don't show any white "fluff", but their is a tiny bit of this at the very base of my plant. Will peroxide help that? Is it mold? Let me know if a picture is needed.