I don't know if it is just my Phal. KR that makes keikis every time, but I doubt it. Once these plants are mature, they keep growing without a definite season. Leaves grow, roots grow, spikes grow, keikis grow. I left keikis on the plant, and one of them sent up a spike and bloomed on its own. My plant was once a keiki, which I purchased at Gold Country Orchids.
The cycle seems to be spike growth, bloom, slight rest, rebloom, then keiki. This is one plant that if the spike stays green, I don't cut it down.
Once I did just remove the keiki, and allowed the spike to remain. The spike put off one branch, bloomed, and then grew another keiki. For looks, I prefer to cut the spike back after removing the keiki, however.
As Phal. Kuntrarti Rarashati is half equestris, everyone can figure where the ability to make keikis comes from!
I have a yellow form of this primary hybrid that currently has three green spikes, one of them putting on a second flush of blooms. No keikis yet, but I'm hoping....
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