Ok I am not quite sure yet ....but lol hoping its sheaths

[johnblagg]

Ok bought This one 1 year and 5 months ago as a 2 to 3 year from bloom plant in a 2 inch pot in August of 2009....

IT is Mary Ellen Carter 'Dixie Hummingbird' and a late winter eary spring bloomer .....I played with light cycles last winter in the hopes I could by going from short days in December to long days for a month and then back to short days untill spring perhaps fool the plant into going through a years cycle in one winter and shorten the two to three years into 2 at most ....

Well 1 year and 5 months later I have what I hope is sheaths. So far every new lead has either a sheath or if im mistaken a second leaf. I am thinking they are sheaths since while it can make bifoliate growths it has only had one that was bifoliate and that was when I bought it.It has never made a bifoliate growth since and now every new growth is showing lol either a sheath or a second leaf .....

Opinions everyone ...what do you think I have ?Oh by the way it has 10 new leads and 3 so far are showing this....

[Gin]

In my humble opinion they are----------------------- ---------------------SHEATHS ----------------------
none of mine that are bifoliate look like that

[sailortom2]

and we wait ..lets root for sheaths...

[johnblagg]

LOL well yes waiting is not optional .....Im just thinking sheaths since in 17 months this one has not once made a bifoliate lead and suddenly all new leads are lol either bifoliate or they have sheaths forming ....I still have 7 leads that are smaller and have not unfolded the first leaf yet.If they all do the same and they are all second leaves instead of sheaths Im gonna go "HUH" what did I do?

[cday2inflorida]

My vote...sheaths

[johnblagg]

well decided to use a flash light and illuminate to possible sheath from the side and looking very close it looks more like leaves than sheaths ...they have the uneven pattern leaves have and a visable seam....not the even look a sheath should have.

LOL guess Ill know in a week or so ..but how strange that this round of new growths are all bifoliate....3 out of 10 are like this so far

[silken]

It sure looks like sheaths. Would the 2nd leaf come from so deep in the center like that? We'll all be waiting for the verdict now!

[Gin]

Originally Posted by silken

Would the 2nd leaf come from so deep in the center like that?

That is what makes me think they might be sheaths .

[tucker85]

Looks like sheaths to me. I have some crosses with Mary Ellen Carter 'Dixie Hummingbird' as one of the components. It is an orchid that has a good reputation.

[P&S]

In my humble opinion they are leaves