Blooming keiki with no roots

[Ray]

Have you considered dabbing a bit of rooting hormone on the base of the keiki?

[archie1709]

I'd like to share my photo as well. It has a pretty large leafed keiki but no roots. It's been 3 months now.

First, does this mean there will be no blooms for this phal anytime in the next few months (since there's no new spike, and the healthy spike only has keiki)?

Second, will it be possible for this keiki to have its own new spike for blooming?

Thank you

[Stray59]

Vmax3000 ;
If you are scared you will break the stem by bending it, you can tie a wad of sphagnum peat moss around stem at the base of the kieki. Just spray it a couple times a day, try to keep it damp and it should "draw" the roots out. Putting rootone on the base of each prior to putting the moss on would not be a bad idea. When you see them emerge from the moss, you can cut the kieki off. I have heard that if you take a sterile razor, you can cut halfway through where the kieki attaches to the stem and this will make the kieki put on roots as it cannot get enough food/moisture from the parent. It is risky though as I am not good with a razor myself.
Try the sphagnum wad - we used to call this air-layering, but few people know that phrase now!

Steve