This is an interesting thread. My Cycnoches Jean Monnier seedling has a spike at last (YEAH!). I will take a picture if I find the time in the next couple of days. I was just talking about this on this forum less than two weeks ago, hoped it would spike this season, and it did. I have all my seedlings and three mature plants, various hybrids from Sunset Valley Orchids, and three plants from two other sources, outside, in baskets hanging four to five feet above the ground, with a southern exposure and bright shade with a few spots of direct sun mid to late morning. It's been raining heavily this summer, compared to the previous several years, and I've been fertilizing all the plants regularly, so hopefully there'll be more spikes on the others later this year. If we don't all blow away in the approaching hurricanes/tropical storms.
I will try to start posting pictures as things develop. I have a digital camera, but have never used it to take orchid photos, and have never posted any pix on the internet. It will be "a teachable moment" for me.