My 1st rebloom!!

[RosieC]

Looking pretty close. They should be open before you know it.

[Jeffery]

Will I been in the Orchid hobby for 4 months now, going on 5 and my 3rd plant is starting to spike, 1 of the orginal 4 I started with back in January, has a long way to go before this one gets flowers.

[RosieC]

I'm afraid to say Jeffery that that looks more like a root to me than a spike. Phals grow them in a similar place to spikes and it's always difficult to tell initially.

Anyway roots are good... add to the overall health of the plant

[Jeffery]

ohhh yea!! thats what I meant... root!! hahaha.

[Jeffery]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I'm afraid to say Jeffery that that looks more like a root to me than a spike. Phals grow them in a similar place to spikes and it's always difficult to tell initially.

Anyway roots are good... add to the overall health of the plant

Guess I was fooled, I thought roots had white tips

[Jeffery]

This is why I was fooled, guess it depends on the plant, these new root growths are all white.

[RosieC]

Actively growing roots often have either bright green or red tips, as they lengthen the silvery looking part appears behind the tip. Once they stop growing the green/red slowly moves to the very tip until it's all silver. Roots that had previously stopped growing can start up again as I've seen many times.

I always looks for the green or red tips to know if one of my plants is in a phase of root growth.