To put cinnamon or not
 

I just did a dumb thing last night as I was potting up my moms phal. It had a long stem on it with all the roots dead but the roots up above were alive. So I cut the stem off but I forgot to put cinnamon on it.

Should I take it back out of the pot and put it on or leave it alone?

You should be fine.

Ok thanks, was laying in bed this morning and thought of it. Freaked me out. I have never had to cut off and old stem like that before.

Just leave it dry for a few days, so it can heal.... Which IMHO, should be done anyways, potted in moist potting mix, & no water for the first week (give or take, depends on orchid). When you have a wound, and it stays damp, that opens it to infection, and takes longer to heal, but if it's left dry, it will heal a lot quicker.

I don't use any treatment when I cut an orchid and I've never had a problem.

I don't use cinnamon on cut spikes. They dry up well on their own.

I only use it on cuts on the leaves/stem of the orchid.

Well it was the stem not the spike. I had never seen an orchid with this long of a stem. It must have been around a long time. I think I bought it for her a couple of years ago from Safeway. But it has to be an old phal to have that long a stem.

Ok Mary linn I will keep it dry. Luckily I hadn't watered it yet today. My mom is going to dye when she sees how small of a pot I put this in. It was in a 5 inch plastic and now it's in a 3 inch clay. It was the only one I had that size and I thought the clay might hold it up better as it has big leaves.

It was also in sphagnum.