Sorry but it's me again, the orchid newbie!!...so what you are saying is now that it has produced a spike from the centre and not a new leaf, it will not grow any more leaves?? If this is so, I also take this to mean it will not get any bigger (but may produce a keiki)and therefore not produce any more flowering spikes...assuming that spikes have formed from above all its other leaves and once a leaf has formed a spike above it wont ever do that again? Correct?....or am I really missing something important here folks? Just need to know! Thanks, Gill.

You are killing it with kindness! In nature the ancestors grow in tropical Monsoonal Climates where there is a wet season and a dry(er) season. The dry season in general is still warm especially by day and humidity is lower. Those ancestors grow on a rock or a tree and the roots get wet and then they dry. The roots are not growing in something like spag. that never dries out. I was trying to find the thread where Jane who used to live in NY posted pictures of her hard-cane Dendrobiums. Couldn't find it but it is on the page 1 somewhere. The conditions in your growing area cannot be too bad because the plant has bloomed and the flower didn't drop off. Follow what Bob said and see how you go. Forget about all this misting stuff. Water thoroughly and let dry is the go unless you are trying to grow cloud forest orchids.

Clint, that is a yummy little plant. Brooke, it is funny to hear you say that phals are nice looking plants without the blooms as I have just recently become to understand with all of my plants as well. I notice that at first everyone seems to buy anything you like, and most of them die and what you are left with are ones that are more or less what you can grow. And I have noticed that what I am good at are ones that I appreciate the foliage more. For me it is phals, phrags, paphs, and vandas. I do have a few stray here and there too of some favs. But the plump leaves of a happy phal and nice thick roots cheer the soul a little bit. But I do also have a succulent problem, and it is their plump leaves that get me too. I guess I am saying that I think their is a reciprosty of fondness between plant and person. And I am thankful that we are all different in those regards because I love to see other orchids than the ones that I grow, sometimes maybe more. Shani

As I said above you probably will have to add shading for the hotter months, but it is a matter of trial and error and experience to get the conditions inside right for what ever you want to grow. Phalaenopsis gigantea is a tropical lowland orchid from Bornea. It grows in the understory so it it is getting shelter from the hot sun. The gigantea bit refers to the size of the leaves. Probably needs a daily temperature range of something like min 20C Max 30C with air movement and high humidity. Seeing you are just starting why compound your problems by repotting/demounting orchids. Sit back and observe, do some research and buy a gadget to measure the temperature and humidity in your glass-house. Which is where in the USA?