Bud Blast question

[morphiii]

One of my phals. got 4 bud blast when I got him home. They are at the end of the spike, just dried off and dropped.

The other 3 buds are doing fine and two of them have opened.

I am just wondering if the area where the bud dropped off will bud again or do I have to wait for the flowering season to end and cut off the spike?

Thanks.

[mayres]

The area where the buds dropped off will never produce additional buds. Depending upon the genetics of your plant, the spike may develop additional buds at the tip or a subspike at one of the nodes - both can be common when the plants are "happy". Plants that are "euphoric" (cultural conditions perfect) seem to be able to both support old blooms and start new spikes. My conditions are less than ideal so I have chosen recently to remove any spikes with straggler blooms in order to encourage my plants to build up their strength for the spike starting season coming up here in the next couple months. A concept that works for me. If I purchased a plant in the winter that stopped blooming in late winter or early spring THEN I would be inclined to prune the spike in such a way to encourage additional flowers or just allow the spike to do as it pleases - which often happens too - just leave them alone and they will continue to flower as they wish without any pruning coercion from us. Enjoy! mike

[morphiii]

OK, thanks for the info.