Restrepia keiki help

[professor plant]

I recently bought a Restrepia straita and mounted it out of its pot and placed it in the vivarium. It continued to bloom well for a while and then started to grow nothing but keikis. It seems to be doing well, and I believe I am doing everything properly with it.

I wanted to know if something is abnormal with all keiki growth and reduction to zero blooms.

I have learned that if a plant is unhappy it will let you know, and I am not getting that feeling, but I would like to get the growth from the base of the plant to try and maintain the size.

I also wonder if I cut the keikis off will they continue to grow more keikis.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[Bud]

There is a time to flower and a time to produce babies...more keikis means more spectacular blooms in the future when they all mature. There were no bugs to pollinate the flowers so the plant's survival instincts was to produce keikis...
use the basal keikis to make a bigger specimen...cut the keikis from the spikes and produce cuttings and sell it...its high time they earned their keep