Phalaenopsis Orchid Secondary Bloom Spikes...To Have, or Have Not? | Making an Informed Decision!

In this video I discuss secondary bloom spikes on Phalaenopsis orchids - how do they form, what are they like, and whether or not you personally want to promote their growth on your orchid. Some orchids are genetically incapable of producing a secondary spike, and this is obvious from the brown and dead spike that occurs after the blooms have fallen.
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[@andreaallum8859]

I like to see a secondary spike on my plants and I know that should flower again thank you for the video

[@TheOrchidHut]

Thanks for watching!

[@InkdScorpio]

Do you have a part 2 of this video? With an update on the secondary branch? My orchid is sprouting a secondary branch now with new blooms. When we got it, it had a main and secondary spike both with blooms. So this new one would be a third. The previous one turned brown and I just clipped it. Not sure if I did it correctly which is why I was looking for videos about secondary spikes

[@TheOrchidHut]

Thanks for watching! One of the secondary spikes bloomed and the other stalled and did nothing. Eventually, both spikes started to brown and die back. I typically don’t encourage secondary spikes because the plant can bloom itself to death and won’t have enough energy for root and vegetative growth. This is a video with that same orchid when I repotted it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaKmmHidmcqrh5Y