| I second a preference for #3. I have found that sometimes Phal spikes put out new buds off the top of the spike after the flowers have dropped. Other times the spikes die back to a particular node and then put out a subspike with new flowers on it. Other times it will die back completely. If the plant is healthy, I'll usually let one or the other of the first things happen before cutting the spike. If it were to happen more than once I'd probably cut it in order to avoid over-taxing the plant. Generally I prefer to let the plant do what it wants to do when the flowers are gone. |