Just make sure it is big enough to take the energy hit the plant will take in producing the flower. I had another flower spike and I killed it to ensure the plant put its energy towards only this bloom, orchids can produce enough flowers to kill themselves if forced to.
I will probably not re-bloom this orchid again until I get about 50" linear added of root length, and then I can enjoy 3 flowers or so.
I am driving myself crazy checking on it every 60 mins, looking for the smallest of changes, but it did pay off because I was there when the petals "popped", so I am using that as now my fulltime excuse to check on every minute I can.
I hope the flower lasts a while, I am unsure of how long they are meant to survive, but I hope mine gives me 4-6 weeks of pleasure.
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