Floppy Leaves on Hung Sheng Eagle

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I have a Hung Sheng Eagle paph and the older leaves are floppy and won't point upright to the light source. What is this sign of? Or is this a normal growth behavior for this hybrid?
 
I'm not an expert but I have plants that have older leaves that flop. Especially the ones with narrower long leaves like Paph. gratrixianum. I have no idea what Hung Sheng Eagle is or looks like, but it may be just age.
Don
 
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Sweet baby Jesus how did you post a pic that big on this forum!?!?!?!?

Perhaps a bit more light? Overall strap leaf varieties are prone to such 'flopping.'
 
It looks like regular senescence, although gigantifolium is a rock dweller, might not like the sphagnum moss, in moss overtime will kill it
 
I recently upgraded the lighting, hopefully it'll stand upright! It's just a topping of moss to keep the bark underneath evenly moist.

Thanks for answering! :)
 
Not enough Calcium ? Which fertilisers are you using ?

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I'm fertilizing 1/4 strength K-lite every watering. Is that too much? How often should I water and fertilize for this plant?

I checked the roots and about 1/3 of them were dead so I went ahead and removed them and repotted it in 50/50 perlite and bark mix. There were few new root though, so I'm optimistic that this plant can recover.
 
So how much should I feed it?

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Looking at your moss on the surface there is no sign of algae or any other life form that would grow in a fertile environment. But maybe the moss is freshly added. So I'm only guessing.
I would use the K-lite at full strength and you safely can.
Full strength is not too much.
After a plant is well established and growing with a strong efficient root system you can get by using less fertilizer. When the plant has a less than complete root system it needs a richer source of nutrients to maintain the stem and foliage.
I would also wet the foliage with the nutrient solution when you water.
 
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