Tiny (skinny) flower spike on baby Phal schilleriana

[lauraeli]

I wish I had my camera to take a picture of this one. I bought a small phal schilleriana this summer. It was not blooming size- when I bought it he said it would bloom next year. Well it is sitting in an east window being (currently) neglected with the rest of my phals.

Anyway, i didnt look at it for like a week and a half, and all the sudden there is this little bitty flower spike growing up. It is definitely a flower spike...but it is the skinniest flower spike i have ever seen. I mean like uncooked spaghetti noodle skinny. Is it skinny because the plant is thirsty? Is it skinny because it is a baby plant? Or for some other reason?