Dubs- I don't know what #1 in your pictures is but #2 is absolutely a spike starting.
Fred Clarke came to speak in NH this summer and I did a little pre-order with him one of which was the plant in topic here. He initially responded he had some but they were not large enough to sell so I was disappointed.
To my surprise, when I went to the meeting and picked up my order, he said to me "There's a surprise in there for you. I realized you're probably going to take these to Florida with you so I grabbed the largest RN I had and stuck it in the bag. It's not really ready to go but as long as you take it south, it should have enough grow time left in the season to develop a good bulb."
Well, he wasn't kidding it was small. It had 1 tiny backbulb (maybe an inch tall) and the new bulb wasn't much larger.
Fast forward 6 months and here it is. I was stunned to see the spike starting on such a small plant. I was hoping it would survive and maybe in a couple years but 8 buds on this very immature plant? How cool is that? Can't wait for them to open now.
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