joanieb16 - In over 35 years of growing all types of orchid genera I have never heard of a plant that was doing well that had a total collapse without there being some kind of warning that something was wrong with the plant. Phalaenopsis most times do not spike and grow leaves at the same time. Without leaves it will be hard pressed to photosynthesize and continue growing. Without knowing exactly what caused the collapse, all you can hope is that the plant will send out a basal growth in an effort to save itself, but with it spiking I doubt that it will have enough enenrgy to do even that. The spike very well may continue to bloom and most likely the plant will die shortly after that. Or you could cut off the spike in hopes that the energy will be redirected to growing a new basal growth. Short of that there is really nothing that you can do at this point but hope. I'm sorry for what may appear to be a harsh assessment of the situation but with little to go on it's the best that I can offer.
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