As I recall you live in Jamaica? If so there is no need to wait to spring. It will take pressure off the mama. You need Maxi-crop. It is norwegian seaweed juice that is a root stimulant. Truly a game changer that all your orchids would love every 2 week. You will notice a change it the roots right away. All plants like it too. When you take it cut the spike very low. Use the spike to drive into the potting mix. The spike may need to be cut to be the right size for the pot.

I think you might have a keiki from a Dendrobium, not a phal. I could wrong though. I have only been growing for three years. Generally, you are supposed to remove the keiki from the main plant with sterile pruners or a sharp knife. For your keiki, this should where the top and the bottom canes meet. Then you would pot the keiki up in its own small pot (just big enough to hold the roots and keep the plant from falling over) with the media of your choice (bark mixed with sphag moss or what have you). I would like to hear what others think about the long root that has been growing in water. If it is put into bark now, will it die?

Ginger, You need to go to the American Orchid Society Web Site and find their culture sheets for Nobile type Dendrobiums. There are other web sites that also offer detailed culture instructions for these plants. Nobile Den's. grow a bit differently from other orchids, and you will have to conform to their wants and needs to get them to bloom. First, be absolutely sure you are rid of the scale. Scale suck the juices out of the plant, and are difficult to get rid of because most contact insecticides can't get through the scale to the bug. The scale is probably not what caused the leaves to drop.....That happens to the leaves every year. Next, any of the old canes on your plant that are shriveled, and DEAD, can be removed. Sharp sterile blade, and cut them off at the base. Be sure they are completely dead, because the old canes are storing nutrients for the plant as long as they remain alive. Now, growing the thing.....In the spring when new growth starts at the base of the plant...(Nobiles are prone to producing Keikis on old canes, and that's ok. Leave them on and let them bloom then remove them and pot up as new plants.....you need to really grow the plant. Lots of sunlight, water, and 30-10-10 fertilizer. You want those new growths to really grow big and healthy. In the early fall, the leaves will begin to yellow, and fall off the plant...normal..... At this time you should stop feeding the high Nitrogen fertilizer...use 10-10-10, or just stop fertilizing until spring growth starts again. If you are not growing the plant outside, it would be best take it outside in the fall. Let the plant stay outside until it experiences several nights of very cool temperatures....even a light frost won't hurt. When the weather gets too cold, bring the plant in and enjoy the blooms. When the blooms fade, reduce the amount of water you give the plant until new growth starts in the spring, then go back to the heavy feeding/growing of the plant. Once a cane blooms, its not going to ever bloom again. All leaves fall off in the winter. Bill

I agree with Ben, Vandas tend to loose lower leaves as they age. Those smaller offsets will fill in the empty space nicely. Also what you have I would call a basal shoot, which is slightly different than a keiki. I would consider a keiki as a growth off a flower stem or an old cane. The growth is coming off a " dead end " on the plant so removing it won't effect the main plant. A basal off shoot is growing off the main stem so removing it opens a wound on the main stem and could hurt the mother plant. I hope that makes sense.