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08-28-2011, 10:04 PM
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Phal with many Kei Kei's
I was given a phal with a terminal spike. I kept caring for it after the flowers were done in hopes it would put out a kei kei from the bottom somewhere because I read that if it made one on the flower spike it would probably have the same issue.
The plant has spent the summer outside on the porch and has produced a whole cluster of kei kei's from the base. Now I don't know what to do with it. Do I just let them keep growing and hope that eventually one or two have roots and can be repotted? Should I thin out some? It's such a tight cluster right now that I haven't really been able to tell just exactly how many there are.
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08-28-2011, 10:29 PM
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Usually basal keikis are just left as is. It is usually hard to separate them without damaging the plants.
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08-28-2011, 10:48 PM
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I would just leave them be and let them grow.
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08-28-2011, 11:09 PM
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Yes, let them grow. I have a P. equestris that has so many basal keikis I can never tell which is the main plant ! The plus side is that it puts out many spikes each season !
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08-28-2011, 11:34 PM
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Should I eventually cut the old plant off? Since it had a terminal spike it doesn't have any center leaf so it no longer grows.
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08-28-2011, 11:43 PM
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It will use up the energy in the leaves that won't grow anymore. They will dry up and drop off. I would leave it and throw away the leaves as they drop off.
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08-29-2011, 12:41 AM
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i wouldnt mess with it. it will make a huge specimen if you leave them all together!
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08-29-2011, 05:40 PM
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The same thing happened to one of my phals. It had a terminal spike and developed several keikis. I just left it alone and let it grow. The mother plant eventually lost all it's leaves but I didn't remove the main stem because the keikies were growing from it. Three of the keikies have become quite large and the plant looks great and puts on quite a show when it blooms. I'm just going to let it continue to grow as it is. Good luck with yours.
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08-29-2011, 06:20 PM
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I concur with everyone else, leave it be. I would love to see pictures of it now and then down the road, how it has progressed.
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08-29-2011, 10:48 PM
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yes, pics would be aweseom!
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