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Dec 4, 2020 8:39 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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I'd also like to suggest you gently tug it over so it's not facing straight up. You never want water to sit in the cup of leaves on a Phal. It's an invitation to crown rot. Slant the plant over enough so that the water drains off the leaves.

In nature these plants grow on the sides of trees and branches with the leaves hanging downwards like a dog's ears. The flowers naturally cascade down too, they do not stand up like you see them at the store. Growers stake them vertically so they can fit more blooming plants in a box to ship.
Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill

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