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09-26-2008, 01:08 AM
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I really dont think that you can call these growths keikis. Really, they are just new growths growing in a spot that is higher on the bulb than normal. I would treat it as such. If you were to cut off the bulb and follow EdinAZ's advice, then it might be a keiki. Since you dont have that many bulbs, I would not cut it off.
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09-29-2008, 01:56 PM
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I don't plan on removing the bulb or anything like that. What would constitute a keiki then? If you leave it attached to the main plant on a dendrobium or phal then it is still a keiki, so why wouldn't this be called a keiki? Just wondering...I thought they were all keikis when they grew off a pbulb. Just checking...
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09-29-2008, 02:54 PM
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My opinion is that a keiki is designed to be a new plant unto itself (think dendrobium plants asexually propagating themselves), while a new p-bulb such as yours is just a new eye in a strange place that acts as a backup if the lower eyes are not functioning. Basically, this new bulb is just that, a new bulb. Its not an asexual form of reproduction.
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09-29-2008, 06:21 PM
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Ohhhh...thank you for the clarification. I wasn't really looking at it that way, but you made it clear for me. Thanks alot!
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09-20-2011, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by JennS
Ohhhh...thank you for the clarification. I wasn't really looking at it that way, but you made it clear for me. Thanks alot!
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Hi Jenn,
My pileatum has a developed a new growth on the 5th node up similar to yours. It's still small and I'm not sure what it is. It's coming from a bulb that bloomed 2 years ago. Last year the bulb developed a small patch of rot near it's base while transitioning to a brief domancy. I left it alone because it wasn't mushy or deep and it ceased spreading and calloused on it's own. This is the same bulb that has now sprouted the mystery growth. I questioned my decision to not remove it, but the plant has continued growing and it just developed 2 spikes from the most recent growth.
Whatever became of your mystery growth? Thanks.  |
09-20-2011, 11:28 AM
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