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Phalaenopsis Bud Blast and Shriveled Roots: Repot After Bloom

New Phalaenopsis: Buds Wrinkling, Roots Shriveled

Your new pink Phalaenopsis has 4 open flowers per spike, but the next buds turned pink, wrinkled, and shriveled. Aerial roots at top/bottom of pot also shriveled.

Bud Blast Causes

Environmental stress before you got it (cold, dry, ethylene).
Root rot in the mix (shriveled, collapsed bottom roots = rot).

What to Do

Enjoy current flowers.
After bloom, repot in fresh orchid mix.
Remove all rotted roots.
New roots will support future buds.

Don't Panic

Bud blast on a new plant is common—it went from greenhouse → store → home. The shriveled aerial roots suggest the mix is staying too wet. Repotting fixes the root zone for the next cycle.

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