Help! My Iwan My Apple Blossom is growing something strange!

[susiep]

Could someone please explain what is growing from this plant? It had many bloom spikes last year and didn't send out anything like this. It looked like a spike at first then started changing into leaves and now it looks like this. Is it a keiki? or what? Thanks!

[ronaldhanko]

It appears that your plant has had some kind of stress and instead of developing a flower spike has started a new growth where the flower spike would have developed. I've seen it before, and it is probably harmless - in fact the new growth will likely produce roots and can then be potted on its own.

[susiep]

Ok, so treat it like a keiki, right? Two spikes are doing this but another 2 spikes look normal. Weird!

[Sun rm.N.E.]

I am curious. Did you use a growth regulator like KLN or Superthrive?

[susiep]

Yes! I watered with superthrive one time a month ago before the spikes started. Could it do that?

[ronaldhanko]

Indeed. Treat it like a keiki.
I would suspect that Sun has hit the right answer - that the Superthrive is what caused this.

[Swamper]

It looks like pretty cool growth whatever it is

[susiep]

Yes, cool, but I would rather have flowers! Oh well, live and learn. I just bought that superthrive on impulse while at the AOS Garden Gift Shop. I had heard about it but never used it. I am not sure I like this affect! Thanks for the input!

[Ross]

Happens with lots of Dendros as well. You can either sacrifice the keiki or let it grow. Choice is yours.

[susiep]

Ok, an update on these crazy growths (new pics). Now they have decided to be bloom spikes again. They never grew any roots so they are not acting like keikis. I am convinced that it was caused by the superthrive.