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    Default Creeping brown spots on my Phal??

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Size:  52.1 KB What's happening to my Phal? Others have the same ailment.

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    It looks like sunburn to me. Is it in an area of really bright sunlight?

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    Think Cathy's right

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    I grow them under 40" florescent lights in winter, outdoors in the shade in summer (Maryland)

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    Do you think you got it too close to the fixture?

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    Ditto to cathy, looks like sunburn.
    Alex

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