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Hello everyone,

I'm desperate to get my phal orchid to respike and bloom again. I was gifted this orchid over 2 years ago.

I'll give you the background.

When I first received the orchid it was already in bloom. The flowers eventually wilted and the spike began to dry out. I had cut it back to the closest node in attempts to save the spike but it kept drying out. Eventually I opted to cut the spike right off.

I eventually repotted the orchid all together since I noticed it was very poorly potted to begin with.

A year later

My lovely father decided one day that the ceramic brown pot it came in wasn't very nice and decided to repot AGAIN with dirt and woodchips and ... =(.

So I again had to repot the plant. I'm sure it has gone through enough trauma over the past 2 years.

I currently keep my orchid in a well lit area and water it accordingly. The last time I repotted, was a little under a year ago

Now all it seems to do is send out aerial roots and lots of leaves. The original spike (that was cut right off) is completely dried/woody almost.

I've stuck by this pot of leaves and roots for 2.5yrs now.

Is there anyway to coax a new spike?


thank you in advance!