A local greenhouse has a few phals hanging in a back corner that are never
taken care of. I've been checking on them over the past several years and
have noticed that on one of them most all the spikes have produced keikis. I
can't tell if it put out another spike after the original. So I have been
letting mine go for it. No luck with any keikis but a few new spikes off the
old one. The flowers from the new spike are not as impressive.

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the den and catt can be cut back when they're dried up, as wendy says.
they won't rebloom off the existing spikes/stems. the phal can be
cut back about a third of the way down the spike after the flowers
fall off, and it *may* rebloom for you. if it does, it's stressful
for the plant. personally i don't cut my phal spikes until they
shrivel up. i'm more interested in longevity of the plant overall.

--j_a