Keiki Question

[aliceinwl]

I read somewhere that if you cut a spent green Phalaenopsis spike and put it in water it will sometimes throw a keiki. I started doing this with any green spikes I've decided to cut. So far, most have gradually died, but a few are still green.

I've had some sitting in water since around May on my front porch. I peaked at them today. One is throwing a keiki. The stem is about 10 inches long, in eight inches of water with the keiki about two inches up from the bottom completely submerged. The keiki is only about an inch long with leaves but no roots. Should I leave it as is or try to put the stem in a shallower container and try to get the keiki out of the water? I haven't really looked at them for months so I have no idea how long it's been there.