My phal won't produce anymore leaves:(

[orchid_lord]

A few months ago,the upper leaves oh my phal became yellow. I thaught it is a sunburn or a rot. After that, the upper leaves fell, and it remained a black "stump". I don't think it will ever make new leaves, but can it survive with the five leaves remained?

[Aniko]

I think there are few chances for survival
A picture could help for an accurate information .
If you are able to isolate the living part and the disease is not spread all over, your plant may produce a keiki(baby plant) after a while.That means surgery by removing the dead part and a little more, using a sterile tool. Sterilize by heat or bleach (chlor) not alcohol!There is somewhere a thread on this topic with more details.
But, from the surgery to the keiki and than a mature blooming plant is a long way: about 2 years!
Aniko

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Aniko, if this happened several months ago, and the plant is still retaining some green leaves, I am quite sure the rot has stopped spreading and there is nothing more needs to be done in that regard. I would say that if the plant has roots and some green leaves that are being maintained by the plant, it is only a matter of time before the plant puts out a keiki at the base. Now, this keiki is NOT to be removed in the maner that other keikis are removed. This keiki will very rapidly grow large to replace the original plant using the original root system as its own. The current green leaves will eventually die of old age, and no one will ever know this plant had a problem.

[Aniko]

That is a good news for Orchid L. Thanks Cynthia for your intervention.
Aniko.

[orchid_lord]

SO, the "future" keiki will produce nutrients for the mother plant? and where it will appear this keiki? As a normal one, in a node?

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Probably from below or between the remaining leaves. This keiki will be the new mother plant, given enough time. I hope, tho, that the plant only produces one keiki. If it produces two keikis, it will take longer to get to blooming size, but several years down the way, you would be able to separate them. If the plant produces 3 keikis at the base, one will have to be removed, usually the smallest. I generally don't like removing a keiki when only 2 have started, because I figure that one extra is insurance.

[orchid_lord]

Thanks Cynthia.