Phal question

[Hatteras]

I have a phal, with a keiki growing on the spike. The keiki has a spike and the plant looks great overall. My question is on the mother plant earlier this year, what started out to look like a spike turned into a small leave that grew out from between mature leaves like a spike would. It stayed real small. It looks like it's making another one that I was hoping was finally a spike but it looks like another leave. I'm fairly new to this and have never seen this before. Any ideas ?
I know the mother plant is helping the keiki but the keiki roots are down into the wood chip medium.
I tried to take a picture but my camera is acting up so I can only describe it for now.
The name is Wataboshi x Yukimai