what to do with this?

[james mickelso]

This will slowly stop growing. The spike will stall and lose whatever flowers buds it can muster. It is living off the energy stored in the roots. There most likely is not enough energy to see it through to keiki. Sorry. Watering it will just hasten it's demise. There are no leaves to utilize the water you put on it. No, the roots don't photosynthesize enough to keep this going. Time will tell.

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Originally Posted by james mickelso

This will slowly stop growing. The spike will stall and lose whatever flowers buds it can muster. It is living off the energy stored in the roots. There most likely is not enough energy to see it through to keiki. Sorry. Watering it will just hasten it's demise. There are no leaves to utilize the water you put on it. No, the roots don't photosynthesize enough to keep this going. Time will tell.

i´ve read in this forum about rescue orchids like this one that can make it but im unsure of the best course of action