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akhenenra 07-01-2022 02:34 PM

How do I trim this Phalaenopsis?
 
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I've never had a phal bloom like this so was looking for some advice. There is one forking spike, and a couple nodes below the fork it's grown a leaf (off the spike). There's also a small leaf growing from a node above.

Now that it's almost done blooming, how should I trim it? Are those leaves keikis (they don't really seem like it?)?

Ordinarily I would trim the spike completely off since I care more about the orchid regaining strength than blooming again soon, but I'm not sure what to do here. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

Dimples 07-01-2022 05:26 PM

The little leaf higher up where the spike branches looks like a large bract, the protective cover on every node. The larger one lower on the spike could probably go either way, it’s a VERY large bract if it’s not a keiki. I wouldn’t cut the spike unless it dries down on its own. If the plant isn’t healthy enough to flower a second time off the old spike, it won’t flower. Leave it be and see what happens.

Mountaineer370 07-01-2022 08:07 PM

I agree with Dimples. I wouldn't cut anything on that one that hasn't turned brown. Let the plant tell you what it wants to do. I sometimes see tiny leaves growing from bracts like the one on yours, but that one that is down lower is the largest leaf I have seen that wasn't a keiki. Maybe it will end up sprouting roots.

Louis_W 07-01-2022 11:49 PM

It looks to me like your plant has a terminal inflorescence. This is means the plant no longer had a central point of growth and it will need to branch off the side. This will take some time. I would cut the spike above the small leaf and wait. May take months for the plant to start growing again but if you keep it healthy it will.

If I am correct then the small leaf is not s keiki and it won't grow roots

estación seca 07-02-2022 12:07 AM

In this case "terminal" means from the top of the rosette, not "dying soon." Be patient. Sometimes Phals do this.

akhenenra 07-03-2022 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by estación seca (Post 988952)
In this case "terminal" means from the top of the rosette, not "dying soon." Be patient. Sometimes Phals do this.

Thanks for clarifying that, "terminal" sounds so ominous haha. I appreciate everyone's help


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