2nd pic. Cut cain so it is tightly wedged in the top of the pot

Next just add medium. I like lava rock as I'm heavy handed with the hose. And after that typical love and consideration, a little time equals a new plant...This method is fast, easy and frequently successful. The continued nutrition remaining in the cane and if done properly the plant will be firmly in place adds to the likelihood of success..

Very neat. It's sort of along the vein of bending over a phal spike keiki and letting it root into te pot before severing the spike.

Very creative, stabilizer and everything.

On the phal just cut it. Like the den. It would still draw from the spike. But with the phal the spike would be vertical in the pot. On epidendrums after the flower is done I cut it off near the first leaves. Later there usually is a keiki. Once it shows 3 or more roots cut the stem several inches below the keiki below the first few leaves. Strip the leaves and use the stem to locate the keiki firmly in the pot. Another fast, easy, and successful method for 2 more types of keikis.

The key benefit is the remaining spike or cane provides 2 important benefits. Draw nutrients from the cane or spike and the keiki is firmly in place, no wobble.

I'm sure it would work if you bent the spike into the pot. But I think it would demand unnecessary gymnastics getting it all lined up. Just cut it.

I do the same thing. Works every time

Den cane with keikis growing

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After cutting the cane in sections

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I wound up with 8 keikies. Two of them flowered this past November. They were the biggest keikies. The rest should flower this winter.