Vic, you can cut the "spike" back a little-I usually cut the dried part
off but I'd never cut the leaves back if that's what you meant. As for
repotting this is the perfect time. Use sterilized scissors (run over
an open flame) and use a pot just bigger that the mass of roots. You'll
see hollow looking or black mushy roots, cut these off. Repot using
sphagnum moss (you can find it at Lowes) don't let water stand in the
drip tray and water when it's this side of dry. Burr