keikis on spike that turned yellow...what to do?

[Ross]

I wouldn't cut that spike till you're sure the kikis are gonners. Could be the spike stem is still transporting nutrients.

[Sandy4453]

Originally Posted by Ross

I wouldn't cut that spike till you're sure the kikis are gonners. Could be the spike stem is still transporting nutrients.

That's why I haven't yet, Ross. But won't the chances of saving the keiki's diminish the longer I keep it on a dead spike?

[quiltergal]

Sandy is this one of your KeikiPro experiments? I wonder if having too many Keiki's on a single spike stressed the parent and it's now aborting the spike. Maybe next time just apply it to a single node and see if that works. For now leave them be. They have a better chance attached to the parent plant than they do rootless by themselves.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Sandy4453

That's why I haven't yet, Ross. But won't the chances of saving the keiki's diminish the longer I keep it on a dead spike?

If the plantlets don't have viable roots, they probably won't survive on their own, anyway. That's why I recommended waiting. Perhaps they might survice and root if moved to a high humidity environment like a plastic bag (out of direct high light.)