Ray wrote:
Yep. In the vast majority of occurrences, if an inflorescence emerges from
the crown of a phal, it will end up dying. On occasion, a basal growth will
form, but that seems rare, in my experience,

By 'it will end up dying' I assume you mean the plant, not just the
inflorescence. If one were to catch this early and cut away the forming
spike, will that save the plant?

Cheers,
Xi