Walkerianas-new growth or new spike?

[Pep]

Good afternoon to every one.
I have attached 3 pictures of one of my Walkerianas, is a sibbling of Raquel Soberana x Miriam Juliato. It´s been in my house since october 2022, as it was planted attached to bark and this way is not easy for me to keep humidity, i put everything in a basquet with pine bark and some moss.
A new green tip showed from the rizome around january and i thought it was a new growth. The only walkeriana that has flowered at home for me did it in december.
A few day ago i noticed that the new growth was very thick at the top and yesterday, as the leave started opening, big surprise, there is a treasure inside.
Will they open? I hope so,

All the best

[Diane56Victor]

Fingers crossed for you, should be a lovely display.

[realoldbeachbum]

Originally Posted by Pep

Good afternoon to every one.
I have attached 3 pictures of one of my Walkerianas, is a sibbling of Raquel Soberana x Miriam Juliato. It´s been in my house since october 2022, as it was planted attached to bark and this way is not easy for me to keep humidity, i put everything in a basquet with pine bark and some moss.
A new green tip showed from the rizome around january and i thought it was a new growth. The only walkeriana that has flowered at home for me did it in december.
A few day ago i noticed that the new growth was very thick at the top and yesterday, as the leave started opening, big surprise, there is a treasure inside.
Will they open? I hope so,

All the best

Congrats Pep. I also could not determine if the new activity was growth or bud. After 4 years of waiting, I finally have 2 buds on this Walkeriana. It is evident now that they are buds. Patience!!

[Pep]

I am trying, now i am 1005 sure that there are two buds and still growing, but the new growth also have one small leave.
Any idea of the days to "opening"
Thank for your support

[Roberta]

Patience... That sort of growth (tiny leaf producing buds) is characteristic of C. walkeriana. Sometimes they'll bloom from a regular growth too, but this is its "preferred" behavior.

[Pep]

Thank you Roberta. i have seen several pictures or videos where you can appreciate the diversity of growth, just a leave, a tiny leave and buds and the one of my plant, a normal growth (l expect a normal leave when it stop growing) that opens and contains buds.
It was an unexpected gift and i am very pleased.
As the only walkeriana i have had in bloom started the spike growth many months ago, i thought now is not the normal time for blooming, the rest of my plants have just new regular?? growths.
I will post a picture when the buds open