What is this new growth on my Psychopsis?

[camille1585]

You don't mention when you got the plant. Did those small leaves grow in your care or where they always there?
Because to me it looks like a normal plant. On the contrary, the smallest leaf is the oldest (from the plant's seedling days), then going clockwise each leaf is a bit younger (and larger) than the previous. The largest one is the most recent. It's typical of a maturing plant. Then at one point once the plant is fully adult the future leaves will all grow to a similar large size.

So if you cut the spike off the largest growth, in all logic it will only spike again off the next, future growth.

[Susie11]

Originally Posted by camille1585

You don't mention when you got the plant. Did those small leaves grow in your care or where they always there?
Because to me it looks like a normal plant. On the contrary, the smallest leaf is the oldest (from the plant's seedling days), then going clockwise each leaf is a bit younger (and larger) than the previous. The largest one is the most recent. It's typical of a maturing plant. Then at one point once the plant is fully adult the future leaves will all grow to a similar large size.

So if you cut the spike off the largest growth, in all logic it will only spike again off the next, future growth.

Oh now it makes sense. I thought that the oldest leaf was the largest one but I had it the wrong way round. I see now. So the smallest leaf is actually the oldest one. OK, that is a lot better then. Well I don't mind waiting for this new growth now then because it is growing and it will give me a spike next year or even this year maybe. I thought that the smaller leaves would get bigger and they would give me a spike but I got that wrong -happily- because those other leaves have never grown since I've had it!! I got it back in september with a 10 inch spike on the go but I cut it off two months ago -rot. Thanks so much Camille for explaining psychopsis growth habits to me. I would have been waiting for the other leaves to grow otherwise