I got this division from a friend who has this plant. She divided a large plant and most of the divisions do not have the streaking on the new growth. She said the flowers have never shown virus symptoms. Could it be old mite damage? This is my first phrag, and I repotted it in mostly sphagnum. It is in a clay pot and sits in water. It was kept too dry until today (I had it isolated from my other plants). Hopefully it gets some new, clean growth! There is cinnamon sprinkled on the leaves.

Hi Sowmya,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for joining! I could be wrong but your plant looks more like it has suffered from overfertilization. Definitely keep it isolated and keep an eye on it.

Welcome to the forum!

Ouch not the V-word. I don't believe it's a virus because phrags do get brown leaves sometimes. I have a phrag with a simliar leaf, not the whole plant though. I think its over fertilization or it got too dry or stress.

Anyways, I thought slipper orchids never exihibit virus symptoms on leaves even if they are infected. I read that about paphiopedium and I believe that it's true for other slippers too. Some of them grow slower once infected and eventually die. And studies on people greenhouses show that slippers are least infected of all orchids. Phrags more often infected than paphs because of the use of tools for dividing whereas paphs divide naturally....:confused:Is this all true? cuz I hope I don't have wrong info

:hi: :welcome:

It does look like the plant was over fertilized and also underwatered.

Actually, it was planted in a coco bark mix before, so it might have been exposed to too much salt. It is currently with my other orchids under the grow lights but not touching them. I am glad you all think it is fertilizer burn! I felt so bad neglecting this precious plant! It should do much better now. It is good to know that Phrags get brown marks from fertilizer burn.