I'm CLUMSY!! I BROKE A PHAL SPIKE :(

[Jkelee]

Hi everyone

I'm sooooo SAD & MAD right now, having to write this!!

If I was flexable enough, I would Kick my self in my Own ARSE!!!!

I was just outside checking out my babies in my Chid Hotel, and I bumped one of my Phal's with about 8" Spike and broke the last 1" off of it

Can anyone tell me, Did I just kill that Spike??

Or will it survive, and Keep on growing??

I pray you Plz tell me YES, She'll keep growing!!

[Ross]

Don't panic! Who was that that said that? (Oh yeah Douglas Adams in Hitchhiker's guide...) Is there another bud that can take over?

[Jkelee]

Huh? Was that a Yes Or NO answer??

[Ross]

It was a yes if there is another bud (node) below the break point.

[tuvoc]

Yikes! It won't grow any longer, but it still might bloom. Maybe even throw out a side branch or two. And don't you just hate it when you can't blame it on the cat or the dog!

Kim

[Jkelee]

Well, there is a Node, Below my STUPID Breaking Point

Hopefully she kicks out another something there!

I hate myself for being sooooo stupid and clumsy

Originally Posted by Ross

It was a yes if there is another bud (node) below the break point.

[Jkelee]

I hate myself for being soooooo stupid!!!!
I wait and wait, and baby and baby them, and this is what I do....

Originally Posted by tuvoc

Yikes! It won't grow any longer, but it still might bloom. Maybe even throw out a side branch or two. And don't you just hate it when you can't blame it on the cat or the dog!

Kim

[kiki-do]

Sprinkle the break with cinnamon, and say the orchid prayer, and you should be golden. Mine have all grown new shoots off a broken one.....not that I'm in the habit of breaking them, but I have, quite a few times. They were all accidents of course, so don't go calling the orchid police on me okay?
I'm innocent I tell ya!

[Jkelee]

Awwww Kim!! Thanks for the Great news!! Thanks for this!! I hope it works for me, since it does for you

I'll say my prayers all week long to see something new

Originally Posted by kiki-do

Sprinkle the break with cinnamon, and say the orchid prayer, and you should be golden. Mine have all grown new shoots off a broken one.....not that I'm in the habit of breaking them, but I have, quite a few times. They were all accidents of course, so don't go calling the orchid police on me okay?
I'm innocent I tell ya!

[quiltergal]

Sheesh! I hate when I do stuff like that. I recently bent a new growth on my Blc. Mem. Vida Lee 'Limelight'. I staked it up (it wouldn't stand up on it's own). As the leaf continued to grow it revealed a sheath inside. Only time will tell if my stupidty will cost me that sheath developing buds. Good luck with yours. I think you'll find the need to reproduce is very strong in orchids.