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I've noticed the new growth (leaf) on my phal is growing out of the center and twisting towards the light source. It's making it look completely off balance and not nice and centered the way I like it. Aside from giving it overhead lighting to remedy the problem, is it okay if I turned the plant around so that it forces it got grow back the other way?
Why is that a worry? All of mine are leaning over in their pots towards the the nearby window. In nature, they do not grow straight up, they lean out from where they are growing. So, when i return them to their spot after watering in the kitchen sink I put them back and face the leaves NE (Southern Hemisphere).
I know you didn't say it was a worry! I was just pointing out that orchids tend to grow towards the light source, so why fight nature. There are many, many orchids (not phalaenopsis) down the back yard and i gradually go around the collection picking up, tidying up and always putting them back so the newest growth faces NE.
The answer to your question is that it probably doesn't matter. Some of the Cymbidium growers have their prize plants on turntables which are turned a little each day so that the flowering spike grows straight up and the flowers face all directions.
Getting back to Phalaenopsis. If the plant is erect, you might have to remove water sitting in the crown.
Turning it will not be detrimental to the plant. If you have a spike started, depending on how mature it is, you might cause the spike or flowers to twist and spoil that graceful arching form we all expect from Phals.
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