Flower spikes on Rhyncovola David Sander

[CJ Green]

I bought this plant last spring and it looks like it may have some flower spikes developing at last. If anyone has this plant or a similar type, can you tell me about how long it will take until flowers appear? The growth in these photos has looked like this for at least a week, so it seems to be taking forever!

[Roberta]

That does look like the beginning of a spike. But I think you are at least several months from flowers. As a spike develops, the individual flower buds appear, and then it still can take a very long time. Orchids don't do anything fast. A week is nothing in the development of most things that an orchid might do. Time frame is more like months...probably less than a year...
I'll repeat my mantra... "Patience..."

[DeaC]

AMEN!!!

[Optimist]

Orchids are the turtles of the flower world. They are very slow to develop, often the payback is a very long bloom time. Sometimes not. Sometimes they develop slowly and then bloom and die in a few weeks, some, even days. It all depends.

[CJ Green]

Months! *sigh* Guess I need to put it out of my mind for a little while!

[estación seca]

How many times do you open the oven door to see whether the cake is done?

[CJ Green]

Originally Posted by estación seca

How many times do you open the oven door to see whether the cake is done?

You'd be surprised--there's no window in my oven door. But point taken!