What should I do? I have a Phal that has only two leaves, and has not grown
any new ones in a while. The two remaining leaves are healthy enough, and
it's root system seems to be good enough as far as I can tell, but still
it's not one of my thriving ones for sure. This is the third time in a row
that this Phal has put out a spike. I cut off the spike the last two times,
trying to get it to concentrate on leaf growth instead. But now it has put
out a spike for the third time, and I am beginning to question my own
judgement.

Since the orchid seems to 'insist' upon spiking, should I let it spike after
all?

Should I try the keiki-grow paste? I bought this paste to apply to another
plant but wound up not using it on that one, since the spike was very
spindly and I did not see how I could strip a node effectively, even if it
had had a node that did not have a bud growing out of it (which it did not).

What would you do if it were your Phal?

Thanks for advice!

Joanna