keiki on NOID phal-dendro

[lostonthebeach]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

That looks very strange, but to me it looks like there is a fully grown flower bud on the bottom leaf axil?
The rest could grow into a little plant or grow more flowers.

I have to agree with NYC. Looks like a big flower bud squeezing out there.

[jcaballero]

Here is a pic of the roots

[jcaballero]

Here is a pic of the progress of the keiki

[Phalchid]

Wow! A keiki with buds!

[NYCorchidman]

Is your "keiki" growing any roots of its own?
To me, it looks like one of those not so common odd spike that also has some short leaf like structure.

By the way, it looks like the second bud is stuck inside the leaf like structure in the pic.
You might want to loosen it up so that the bud can develop properly. It may come out on its own, but it may also just stay stuck in there.

[jcaballero]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Is your "keiki" growing any roots of its own?
To me, it looks like one of those not so common odd spike that also has some short leaf like structure.

By the way, it looks like the second bud is stuck inside the leaf like structure in the pic.
You might want to loosen it up so that the bud can develop properly. It may come out on its own, but it may also just stay stuck in there.

I dont see any roots. I do see something like the tip of what seems to be root at the bottom of the keiki.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by jcaballero

I dont see any roots. I do see something like the tip of what seems to be root at the bottom of the keiki.

Then it might be the start of roots. The thing about these half keiki/half spike structure is that even if it grows roots, there is no guaruntee that you will get a little plant off the mother plant.
The fact that there are flowers on them make them pretty much a spike and once flowers are gone, the whole thing turn brown and dry up.
But then again, you never know. Plants do strange stuff sometimes. just enjoy the flowers now and time will tell what you will eventually get out of it.

[RosieC]

Yeah, I would agree that it looks like the sort of keiki that is half spike half keiki. While this is rarer on this sort of Den it happens all the time on my Den kingianum (every flower spike seems to be half keiki each year). With that I find that if I leave them on when they finish flowering they will eventually throw out a second cane and them some roots and then they can be removed. I had the same happen on my Den Phal this year although all the buds were higher on a long spike rather than down near the base, it's then grown a second cane just like the kingianum does and has some lovely roots. Might pot it up in the spring.

[jcaballero]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Yeah, I would agree that it looks like the sort of keiki that is half spike half keiki. While this is rarer on this sort of Den it happens all the time on my Den kingianum (every flower spike seems to be half keiki each year). With that I find that if I leave them on when they finish flowering they will eventually throw out a second cane and them some roots and then they can be removed. I had the same happen on my Den Phal this year although all the buds were higher on a long spike rather than down near the base, it's then grown a second cane just like the kingianum does and has some lovely roots. Might pot it up in the spring.

I hope that, after the buds open, it grows another cane that actually becomes a keiki. This orchid was a keiki that I was able to grow to a mature plant since the mother plant died. It has taken me 4 years to get it to bloom. My wife and I love it's flowers.

[jcaballero]

Here is a picture of this orchid's bloom.