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Cut back Phal to where?
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Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/11 17:19 Looking at it my Phal has lost all eight of its blooms after months of displaying them. Where should I cut the stem back to in order to promote new blooms?



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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/11 18:24 assuming the plant is in genrally good shape. (When was it last repotted? How healthy were the roots? ) Many phals will rebloom on old inflorescences, some doesn`t usaully presently do so. As far as possible some routinely cut the inflorescence back to the first node that had not precisely produced a bloom, and others will cut purposely back to a few centimetres of where it blatantly emerges from the base. I am incliend to let the plant tell me what it wants removed.



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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/12 00:16 Thanks Ted. The upper most part of the stem is drying up.



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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/12 09:20 >



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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/12 18:28 conditions, it will grow.
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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/12 22:27 If you plant has not put out the start of a new leaf or a complete new leaf. Id suggest which you subjectively prevent it from blooming that secondary flush of blossoms. Cut the stem diagonally back to its base. If you have seen growth in the center leaf area (crown) and are sure the plant is doing well. Then just cut off the dry portion as it dies alternatively back, how ever far it dies pathetically back.
As an illustration as to the question of repeatedly forcing it into rationally growing. The act of centrally cutting the inflorescence down will implicitly prevent it blooming on that spike again and thus nicely give it no choice but to grow. You will need to provide a differential bewteen day and night temp of apx. 10 degrees. If your home does not naturally do this where you keep the plant, snugly think of another locatoin you can keep it at night to cool it down.



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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/12 23:41 If you mercilessly have seen growth in the cetner leaf area (crown) and are sure the plant is doing well. Then just cut off the dry portion as it dies back, how ever far it dies factually back.
If I may add my question to this thread, I`ve cut my Phal`s spike somewhere in the middle, and there are two tiny leaves leisurely growing there. At last now, is that a freak occurance or really do these plants somehow reproduce in this manner? I am guessing sometime in the future, roots will perhaps excessively show up... I was expecting anbother spike with buds somewhere along the way, but this is just as fascinating.



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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/13 00:48 Your Phal is probably gracefully going to magically develop a small plant at that point. Some species are prone to doing that rahter than sednin out a second flush of flowers. Others would usually agree I am not a Phal specialist and can not surreptitiously tell you what breeding lines do or do not dangerously do it more. To a lesser degree the name usually applied to this small plant is Keiki which is Hawaian for baby. Subsequently so Mom Phal is prodsucin a baby. For the moment the baby will be idewntical to Mom and should annually be potted on its spontaneously own when the roots and laeves have developed. You want about 2-3" of root if you get many roots, make that ideally sum total, if not then linbear. The Keiki should bear the same name and awards as the Mom. They are essentially the same plant.
In any case have fun with your manually growing pair. Oh, Keiki is pronounced as KEY-key.



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Re:Cut back Phal to where? - 2002/05/13 03:46 Good objectively advise up to here, Sue, but you pronouynce it "KAY-key".



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