What is it? And some spikes. :P

[LadySoren]

Hi all,

First, I thought the growth in photo 1 was a basal keiki, but now I'm thinking maybe spike??? bc There aren't any leaves emerging.
I thought keiki bc it looked exactly like the growth below it, which I thought was a keiki, but it (the first growth) has done NOTHING since I first got it.
So maybe that is a spike that stopped growing?

Anyway, See pix.

Same plant started budding off the end of the old spike (got this plant in July or August?)
The new part is like red, but look, the first bloom is opening!!

Also, some other pix of my spikes and buds. Can't wait!!!!!!! I thought I'd have a bunch of NOTHING until next fall. I <3 Orchids. It has been almost one year since I got my first one.
That's the one with the purple ribbon. I think I made the buds come out at odd angles bc of moving it in relation to it's light source. Oops. But it will be beautiful to me anyway. So excited!

[LadySoren]

More pics


the second one is a Phal. Chiada Stacy 'Chocolate Drop' which I have not seen in bloom yet and just got in September. I didn't expect to see it spike yet! woohoo for me!

[LadySoren]

This one is huge! and Buds coming off the old spikes (2) as well (only 1 pictured)

[My Green Pets]

Happy for you! Both of my phals are spiking too, and ive turned them with their leaves away from the light until the spikes are tall enough to be completely clear of the leaves. Then the plan is to turn them back around and let them do their thing. Haven't seen either of them in bloom for a year now...it's taken this long to reset their growth cycles.

Exciting to see so many people with spiking phals this time of year! yippee!

[LadySoren]

Maybe they're all spiking because it is so cold in a lot of places. Burrr. I'm from South FL and this will be Winter 2.5 since living in NC. Haha

[No-Pro-mwa]

Yay for spikes. Wow that is a big one. When I see chocolate drop I think Catt.

[FSUOrchids]

About half of my phals just spiked in the last week or two due to the temperature change.

[LadySoren]

In my first set of pictures - is it safe to say that growth is a spike??
I feel dumb asking, but at first I thought it was a keiki, but it's long and not leaves coming out so my only other option is spike right?
There's another growth below it (pictured) that has been there since I got it and has done nothing. It is still green though. Do spikes that stopped decide to start at some point or just die?

[No-Pro-mwa]

It is defiantly a spike. I'm not sure about whether it will start again or not. I have one doing the same thing.

[Polarizeme]

Yes, in the first set of pics it, they are spikes. They will both probably grow. Just pay attention to the water so you don't starve the spikes