One thing to consider is that all the initial progenitor cells are formed well before before they become flower cells. If you want to experiment with this you need to make sure these cells can divide initially and to their genetic potential... this is why calcium is so important to plant growth and performance.
For example, major deficiencies of calcium cause Cattleya growths to blacken abort. Intermediate or minor deficiencies will almost always limit the size of the growth and interrupt reproductive processes aka flowering, pollination, seedpod formation (this is true for most flowering plants).
If you want to experiment with this on Phals experiment with different nutrition regimes based on your observations of when critical growth periods. I'd also check the literature because there is a lot of phaleanopsis research due to its economic importance.
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