Hmm, Phal with Not one leaf, but has Spike, Buds?

[Jkelee]

I have a Phal with Not one leaf left on it. Either they fell off, or I had to cut them off too. Now I cut the last one off, as it was really sickly.

How in the world can it keep on producing this Spike, with the shape that mother is in??

[ronaldhanko]

Most plants when dying will try to reproduce and thus one often gets flower spikes from a severly stressed or dying plant.

[camille1585]

It's a shame it's in such bad shape! Is this one of the victims of when you had a bunch of phals that had their leaves go all yellow?
Hopefully the spike will through out a keiki, or since the roots are healthy looking, maybe you'll get a basal keiki

[Jkelee]

Very good memory Camille! Yes this baby is one of them from this thread!!
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...oom-phals.html

[camille1585]

So how did that situation turn out? Did you lose many plants, or is this one the only one is really bad shape?

[Jkelee]

They're all fine, but this one. It only had 2 leafs to begin with, and I cut the last one off last week I think due to pure Yellow.