Keiki with flower? - Orchid Board

Lady Meera · #1 09-15-2015, 06:55 PM

I think this is a keiki but it appears to be flowering. It has only been growing for a few weeks. Is this normal? I've never had a keiki but haven't found any similar pictures online. The mother plant is a Dendrobium Nobile, den. Love memory "fizz"

Lady Meera · #2 09-15-2015, 06:58 PM

Here is another photo

Jungeoma · #3 09-15-2015, 09:14 PM

I don't know about the Keiki, but I am sure admiring the roots. I have one too, but it doesn't look half as good
Congrats.

WhiteRabbit · #4 09-15-2015, 09:34 PM

This is what someone once coined a 'speiki'

Dens do this - they're weird and wonderful

Lady Meera · #5 09-15-2015, 09:49 PM

So do I just treat it like a keiki then and remove it when the roots get 3-4 inches long?

And Jungeoma, it came from the store with bad root rot and I had to remove a lot of the roots. I think that is why it has so many new ones. It's in a vanda basket un-staked and seems to really like that.

jason45244 · #6 09-15-2015, 10:18 PM

Wow! Nice job on that! My den. nobiles don't look nearly that good. I'm somewhat new to them though. I have them in winter rest again this year maybe I will get rewarded as good as you. I gave them extra love this year.

Jungeoma · #7 09-15-2015, 11:20 PM

I was new to Dends. last year and did not know about winter rest. So I got a bunch of Keikies on the Nobile Comet King 'Akatsuka'. I could not keep them damp and they shrivveled up and the whole plant died. Too bad, it was very pretty.
This year I know better what to do and they all look better and I even bought some more.
Enobi 'Purple Splash' is even spiking.

Lady Meera · #8 09-15-2015, 11:59 PM

This is my first den Nobile too so I'm hoping I can get it to bloom next year. I will definately put it on winter rest when it's done growing new canes. Should be soon. Good luck too us all!

WhiteRabbit · #9 09-16-2015, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Meera

So do I just treat it like a keiki then and remove it when the roots get 3-4 inches long?

I'd leave it on, and see what it does - it may turn into a proper keiki, or it might not. I've not had this on a nobile type Den, but on my kingianum they sometimes either don't ever do anything else, OR it may sit looking the same until the next year when it will get a new growth ...