what is on this phals stem?

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by katrina

I've never heard of people cutting the spike to produce a keiki. However, I have heard of people cutting the spike just above one of the nodes in an attempt at producing a sub-spike or branching of the existing spike. Keiki or sub-spike (branching)...it requires the energy of the Mother plant to keep it going so it would develop. It's only going to happen on the part of the spike still attached to the mature plant.

here is a link where the girl did what I did to get a keiki

Unexpected Keiki