new shoot on immature bulb?

[Atzau]

so i noticed this little growth growing in. I'm thinking it's a new shoot... but is coming of an immature bulb. does that mean this bulb will no longer spike? its coming off of my oncidium that that went through that bad repotting incident I had. all the old roots died off but the plant is desperately trying to send out new ones... will the immature pbulb continue to mature? will it ever spike if it's now supporting a new shoot?



the pbulb is also pretty deformed, possibly cause it didn't get enough water when the old roots died... before the new roots came in...


back view if the pbulb is not as bad...


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[Paphman910]

Looks like a new lead that will form a bulb

[kindrag23]

I agree w paphman I have several young catasetums doing the same thing right now. New growth. Congrats.

[Atzau]

thanks kindrag. does this mean it won't spike? so far I've only seen shoots come from mature pbulbs after spiking. though of course this is my first and only oncudium.

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[Atzau]

so.....does a pbulb that has already produced a new shoot still spike in the future?

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[silken]

They usually don't produce the spike until pretty much mature so this one still could. However, if it suffered root loss it may have decided it couldn't support blooms and you might have to wait till the next growth matures. Hard to say at this point. But new growths and roots are something to celebrate also.