Catasetum late season growths, or spikes?

[JScott]

I'm so disappointed in myself this year. I started watering my FDK After Dark 'SVO Balck Pearl' too early. I suspected it was too early, but I did it anyway. The roots started to grow, and then just stopped.

The new growth is much smaller than the previous one, and I doubt it will bloom this year. The plant will certainly live, and next year I will do better and the new growth will be back up to its normal size, but I'm so mad that i did that, and now I'm probably going to miss a year's blooms. I don't know what I was thinking. I certainly know better.