Is this a spike or root?

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Originally Posted by katsjam

Hello all, I notice some new growth today on my friend's orchid. Any chance one of these is a spike? Please let me know.

Nope-you've got a new root tip emerging. That isn't bad news though-it means the plant is healthy and is beginning to produce new roots.
Root tips are normally rounder in shape and are glossier. Flower spikes tend to be a bit more sharp. Root tips can emerge from basically anywhere on the stem, but spikes can only grow from the middle of where the leaf attaches to the stem.
Here's an example of where spikes will emerge-

(found online)