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

[Pep]

As the sun was rising this morning, the spike keeps growimg and the buds show a bit of color. Seems to be a light pink. We will see

[realoldbeachbum]

Hello Pep. Here is a pic of my two Walkerianas (4 years of waiting) that appear to be blooming at the same time! Notice the happy sap at the tip of the "buds". Excited here!
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Actually, the happy sap is not visible in the pic, but is very visible with the naked eye!

[Pep]

Good morning to you ROBB, i have magnified the picture and there it is, happy sap smiling.
I have been waiting just for two and a half years, not much, but as the flowers were inside a leaf, they were totally unexpected, like an extra bonus.
What i have noticed is that there is no hint of color in your buds, but mines are quite pink at the tip.
I have no idea as what i can expect, it is a seedling of a cross, so that...
I have another seedling of the same cross, but there is no sign of flowering growth. I will take pictures of these flowers when they open, just to compare to future ones of the other plant.
Good luck with yours and thanks for sharing

[Pep]

I am sharing with you a few pictures of my walkeriana in bloom. As it is a seedling flowering for the first time, i didn´t know what to expect. The buds where a bit deformed as it can be seen in the first picture and the have opened in a weird way, as if not fully opened the sepals.
I don´t know if this is normal for a first flower. I also have a question , is there a reason for the colorless marks in one of the flowers?

Thanks
Pedro