I'm on my second year with this phal and as I was new to it, it seemed important to me to continue on with whatever conditions the store had created for it - but since re-potting and seeing the awful condition the roots were in because the medium had gotten sour, and seeing how much better it's doing now, I totally question the "ways of the store."
More to the point, I was wondering if I 'ought to get a pole of some kind or another to support my phal's spike. It's in the beginning stages of flowering, and I wonder if they're heavy enough that a support would be needed. Any thoughts?