Sophronitis acuensis: what's in it?

[monna lisa]

Hello, my S. acuensis is putting out two new growths, but as the leaves have unfolded, something strange is showing inside: something like sheaths!!! I know that genus Sophronitis doesn't make them, so what can they be? Second leaves???? Is it possible?
Thanks for every experience you can share with me.

[Orchidflowerchild]

well,it's not that they don't have sheathing bracts at the base of an inflorescence...they just aren't pronounced like cattleya etc. Do the leaves feel like they are kinda fat...like there's a bean inside? you may jut be seeing an early-stage bud.

Although, a second leaf is not IMpossible.

-Cj

[monna lisa]

Hi, thanks very much for your reply.
What makes me think they're not sheaths is also their length...they're quite as long as the leaf!! And at the moment I don't feel any thickness at the base, but they're still hidden into the first leaf and I can't touch them very well.