Very good write up, David. I have some Keiki paste too, and used it on both my Phals and my Phaius (which also throw keikis from the flower stem after blooming) a couple of years ago. It was amazingly effective. Everywhere I put it, a keiki formed, and a few of them survived too. I have had a couple of my Phals make keikis without any help, and I did have one that dropped to the ground after the stem dried up, so I rescued it and put it in the basket with its mama.
The Phaius babies are still not up to blooming size, but a couple of the Phal keikis are getting pretty big now. I just gave them a hunk of cork bark to attach roots to, and once they attached, I cut the stem if it was brown, and detached a new plant, or put it in the basket with the mother.
All my orchids are growing outdoors, but I do bring them in or cover them if the temperatures are going to dip into the 40's. Don't know about where you are, but summer doesn't seem to want to leave us down here. High is supposed to hit 88 today.
Low temp the night before last was 75. I'm ready for some coolth.
