Do all your phals spike at the same time?

[mascia]

Hi everyone,
This is my first year growing orchids so I'm really curious if this variation is usual or not.

Three weeks ago I noticed one of my phals started producing a new spike. I thought that in a couple of days all of them would have spikes as well, but today only 3 have, and other 3 only have little nubbins.

There doesn't seem to be any pattern. The first spike came from one that wasn't even looking that good and only produced one leaf since it was mounted, while huge ones with 9 leaves are still showing no signs of flowering at all.

I thought that since all of them get the same conditions regarding light and temperatures they would initate spikes in a narrower window, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Could you please share your experiences?

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 07:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:40 PM ----------

I forgot to mention that here where I live, mid-october is when all of the mounted phalaenopsis are in full bloom. Here's a post I made about it last year, if anyone is interested:

Phalaenopsis in bloom everywhere

So it does seem a little early for spikes. Unless it takes them 5 months from spike to bloom?