Roots vs Spikes

[khozmo]

Hello Forum,

I have a bunch of oncidium rescues three of them have no roots (they are in S/H) but I see what looks like flower spikes.

I am pretty sure I know the answer to the question but I am going to ask anyway.

Should I cut the flower spikes off now (they are about 2 inches) and let the plant ,hopefully, redirect its energy to putting out some roots.

Also are the any tricks to getting these rescues to put out some roots. The three rootless plants have about two or three older pbulbs and one new pbulb.

On a side note I have just moved a couple of phals into S/H media. I removed them from sphag. I soaked them for about an hour before I tried to remove the sphag but it was still super compacted. While I removed the sphag I know I cracked some of the thicker roots. I did not break the vein in the middle only the velum. I have seen a bunch of orchids that have broken roots but it looks like the root is still functioning. Should I cut these roots off or let them heal and figure themselves out?