Removing an emerging Cymbidium flower spike to preserve energy for growth?

[Ray]

I used to import about 500 “Chinese” cymbidiums a month from a grower in Taiwan - ensifolium, sinense, kanran, and goeringii.

They were grown there in 50/50 pumice and twigs, fed with nothing but diluted, spoiled milk, saw the 90’s with shade in summer, and snow and full sun in winter.