My phone won't let me post a photo in the original post, so here it is.

Most orchids in home cultivation thrive on 'studied neglect', and it looks like you have done a good job with this one. The plant looks good. I can't see into the pot, but if it is not filled with orchid mix, and the mix in the pot is not rotting, go ahead and fill the pot up with some additional fresh mix, and continue to care for the plant as you have been. Short version of that is don't repot it until after it has bloomed.

Now, for the bloom spike. If it is really in the way--growing out into a hallway, or main traffic area, it needs to be staked up. If you can move the plant just a little, and make it easier to live with, do that, but try not to change the orientation of the plant to the path of the sun as it moves across the growing space. It's not really a big deal, but if you change the orientation of the plant to the sun, some of the blooms may face the sun as it was originally, then the blooms that open after the move may face a new direction. This only matters if you catch yourself saying things like "I sure wish all the blooms on that plant would face the same direction"

Now the stake. You can go on line and find companies that sell orchid supplies, and they have orchid stakes for sale. They are made of heavy gauge wire, and are shaped to clamp to the sides of clay pots, or heavy plastic pots. They come up to a hook at the top, and you can tie the bloom spikes to these two pieces of wire with string. Just be careful not to break the bloom spike. A second choice (My favorite) is to rob a closet for one wire clothes hanger. A bit heavier wire than coat hanger is sometimes preferred, but I can usually bend the hanger wire enough to make it work, and don't have to pay shipping to get that wire. Heck, I don't even have to pay for the wire either. My wife calls it "frugality to the extreme", I just say I'm cheap! Just bend a U shaped cradle in the top of the wire and bend the wire over 90 degrees, and push the straight end of the wire down the side of the pot into the potting mix, and lift the bloom spike into the cradle. Job done.

As far as the orchid roots developing an "attachment" to your citrus tree, just take a finger and push the orchid root off the bark of the tree. You can also take a sterile sharp blade and slice between the orchid root and the bark on the tree. That injury won't bother the orchid a bit.

Bill

Thanks for the advice, I've been keeping an eye out for wire hangers when I can get them, but they're getting harder to find. I wish they were easier to find nowadays, as they were great multi-purpose tools.

I guess my challenge with this guy is that he leans so far over the edge of the pot. The spike is a good 1.5 inches from the edge. I'll definitely look and see if I can find the wire stands that clip outside the pot. That sounds like it might be my best option. Unfortunately with these orchids I've found there's a lot of just working with what they want to do. Ha.

I decided if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Some string and going down instead of up and this guy makes for a nice spray that's out of the way. I tied it off to the shelf arm instead of trying to stake off the pot. Now you can actually see the blooms from the room and I don't risk knocking the orchid off the shelf. Did the same with the roots going for my tree and it's back contained.