| The plant, if healthy, will probably handle both. Normally Phals kept in bloom too long will have smaller flowers when the next bloom season comes along. But your plant may have been stimulated to bloom very early, so this is currently the bloom season for Phals. That means that your plant can rebloom and still have time to rest after it finishes reblooming. Cut above the node that is just below where the lowest flower bloomed on the spike. The higher the cut, the higher the probablility that the node will produce flowers and not a keiki (baby plant).
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