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My grandma wanted to throw it away, but I'm trying to save it.

It was in a horrible condition, having ALL potted roots being rotten away to mush, and severely dehydrated, with completely limb leaves.
My GF said it probably couldn't be saved, but out of spite I will convince her she's wrong ;)

Here's how it looked like when I got it:

I of course removed all dead stuff and repotted it into LECA.

I then put it into this box, with a bag of moist LECA in it to increase the humidity, sprayed some water into the box, put a small fan in it for air circulation (risk of crown rot?) and misted it with some diluted fertilizer.

This was two days ago, here's how it looks like now:

The lower leaves are still leathery and limb, and will probably be lost when regrowing the roots, but especially the upper parts look way better than before.

I think I might actually be successful, but let's see. Phals are relatively robust, but it really looks stressed.

Anyone out there with similar stories and experiences? How would you estimate this situation?

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[–] Mickey@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

Definitely already looking better! Plants are super resilient!

I also recently got a half dead orchid at a plant swap that I am nursing back to health. It has one leaf left and one baby one coming in. Had to cut off so many bad roots but it looks like it’s bouncing back.

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bright indirect light and it will survive. My belief is to cut most fertilizer until there is active growth. I saved some plants like that in the past with leca. The lower leafs won’t ever look nice again but it looks like you achieved water balance. Good work!

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

100%! Despite their reputation for being fickle, I found phalaenopsis (phalaenopsii? phalaenopsises?) to be pretty hardy.