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Originally Posted by kid a  I was thinking about trying that with my regal bells x brother fortune, but it is still so young, I'm thinking maybe 2 or 3 yrs old. I'd probably be better off holding off on trying to do that this year. Do you agree Tobi? |
Cutting the spike back to the base is a perference that some people do while
others prefer to try and initiate another spike from the original one. I not a big
Phal grower, so cutting back to the base is just my own personal preference.
I just think aesthetically it looks better (to me) and for the reason I gave
before about getting bigger and more flowers the next blooming cycle. There
are some Phals. that are sequential bloomers in that it continues to put out
more buds from the same spike even when the older blooms eventually die off.
This is a case when I would leave the spike intact until it no longer looked
good. As I said, I'm not a big Phal grower, but there are many people here
who grow alot of Phals and might give you more information on what their
preference is and which types are sequential bloomers.