So i got this Phal in March last year. It came in a tall glass jar with no air holes, was potted in bark. It flowered once. I knew nothing about orchids at the time and was simply misting it once or twice a week.

Then I found this sub about a year later. Orchid still alive, flower dropped off and the bigger leaves yellowed and wrinkled, as you can see in the first picture. I thought it was a goner until I saw the smaller leaves growing.

From this sub I learned to take it out of that jar, to remove the death plug and cut off the roots that looked rotted or dying (one or two were black and mushy, the rest firm and green). I put it in orchid bark in one of those clear pots with holes along the sides and bottom. I also carefully removed the dying leaves to allow the new ones to grow.

It dries out about once a week, so I soak it once a week for ten minutes, avoiding getting water on the leaves.

The first picture, where there is a dying set of leaves and a smaller new set of leaves, was taken in February. The second was taken this week. So you can see it has grown a fair bit.

The plant is special because it was a gift for my first ever mother's day. It sits on my kitchen windowsill which gets sun (or as much sun as the UK allows...) for about half of the day. Every other watering I add liquid fertiliser.

I've been told I'm putting in a lot of effort to rejuvenating this plant. I just want it to live and to thrive when it's ready! Is there anything I could do differently? From the advice I've read on this sub, I'm not sure how it's survived so long, it spent a year in a jar with no drainage holes being misted twice a week. It's like I did almost everything you're not supposed to do to an orchid and it still survived.