Help with broken bloom spike
So today I was moving my Phal out of the window, it is decently large, maybe 5 years old since the last owner had it, has 3 full and 1 new leaf along with a plethora of new roots. It also is growing a new bloom spike, it is less than 6 inches long at the moment as it is still growing. It is light green feels like wax and the tip is a darker, yet still lighter than older mature spikes. I snapped it half way about 15 min ago... not a full snap, I was just moving it back onto its shelf out of the window and my hand slipped and hit the new spike... is there anything I can do/worry about... I do quite love this orchis as it gave me 2 bloom spikes last year and something like 30 flowers... I kept the old spikes on it in hopes of re-growth but nothing yet... I would quite like flowers this year but I am not so sure that I am going to get any now... can anyone help me? I am not too well read on these plants, I re-potted it myself, in a coconut 10inch square pot with special Phal orchid medium from my nursery back home... the guy makes it all himself and gives it out for free if you can tell him the species of your orchid... and found oddly that it likes orkin bug killer as from time to time small white things move around, maybe 4 or 5 when i water it, so i dust the medium with this spray and the plant seems to grow best when i do it... yea it confuses me too... but it works... i have not sprayed the medium in months as it is winter in Florida and not too cold. I am just worried that the orchid wont give me flowers this year... it would be quite saddening, as a 20 year old heterosexual male, the girlfriend loves flowers... I have been hoping that she could enjoy them with me this year... any hope?
Thank you in advance,
Grant
Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida
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