Well, it all depends on what you want. If you want size, then keep them
together. I have had a couple of orchids with keikis, and I always
separate them, and haven't had any problems yet. Just make sure you
cover the wound with some sort of fungicidal agent. I guess the main
reason I do this is because I don't like leaving all my eggs in one
basket, just in case one comes down with some sort of infection, I'd
like to know I have a clone of it somewhere. But I'm just a beginner,
so take all my advice with a grain of salt.

Cheers,
Xi

Elena wrote:
I find that phals that grow from the base of the "mother" are really

difficult to remove without

serious damage to both. My advice: get a bigger pot and leave them

together.

Thank you Ray,

It's also the nicest solution : the leaves of the 2 plants form a sort of
"pillow" and from the middle there come "mother's" flowers, but...I'm very
at the beginning and I'm still not really confident :-)

Elena