Photos of earliest observable stage of flower spike

[SouthPark]

Hi all. Has anyone got photos of the very earliest of early stages of flower spike development of a catasetum type plant?

I haven't got any photos. I'm currently waiting for spike development.

I can see on one of my Fdk plants a stub flake thing, which I don't know what it is, or what it's going to do (eg. do nothing, or maybe turn into something). It's probably not a juvenile spike. Although, I'm interested in seeing photos of very early stages of spikes - to see what they might look like.

There are plenty of photos of whitish swollen flower spike nodes on the internet, but no photos of very early stage of visible spike development seen on the internet.

Anyone got pics of early stage development? Do they start off as small bumps or something? Thanks!


Photo1: Little stub 3/4 of way up on pseudobulb (relative to the actual base of the bulb) - seen at the centre of the image here.


Photo2: Showing plant - appears to be close to 'rest' period as temperature is dropping for winter.