Update on the bud blasting

[greenpassion]

Just wanted to report that the double spiked (and branching) phal that I'd posted about has decided to keep the rest of her buds, even on the side branches. (well, one of the branches had all the buds blast, and I expect that that branch will be the first to die back...?) There is another one I have that is in the same set up that reliably blooms each year for me, and it stays in bloom over 7 months. This time however one of the two spikes has lost a bud that wasn't even 'budding' yet, which will leave a gap of blooms from the bottom most flower to the middle one. Strange. Other than that, I'm going to have a ton of bloomed phals regardless!