| I recently had a similar experience with a phal and keiki. The mother plant bloomed herself to death and the keiki was about the size you mentioned when the stem it was on turned brown and I had no choice but to remove the keiki and plant it. I am happy to say it is surviving and its roots have grown some. I cross my fingers, water the little pot twice a week, and spray the keiki each day. So far so good. I know it would have died if I had left it on the stalk. |