Is this a keiki or...?

[thepurpleorange]

lol nah I'm not disappointed at all, just was a bit worried that my plant was unhealthy/unhappy.

I think I will keep them!!

thank you everyone for taking a look

[Call_Me_Bob]

i wouldnt be worried that it isnt healthy, unless there are other signs. dens are prone to keikis.

[PJG]

Hi,
After a certain amount of time, wouldn't the keiki start to show root's, where a spike wouldn't?

OR, I have no idea what I'm talking about.

[Call_Me_Bob]

keikis will usually show leaves before roots

[thepurpleorange]

GREAT NEWS!
here is an update, my 'keiki' is actually a spike! AND it's also growing roots!! what's up with that?! I didn't know spikes had roots!

this is one of the spikes, a week after the previous photos above...


these are the roots of that spike


and again:


and the second spike, which grew a little but is not growing as fast as the other (and it also has roots!):

[thepurpleorange]

oops, that didn't work out, let me try again

The first one is one of the spikes, a week after the previous photos above...


The second and third are the roots of that spike.

The fourth is the second spike, which grew a little but is not growing as fast as the other (and it also has roots!)

[mmursuli]

i'm pretty sure you've got a keiki with a spike. Congrats!

[thepurpleorange]

Originally Posted by mmursuli

i'm pretty sure you've got a keiki with a spike. Congrats!

wow! keiki with a spike? I never heard of it! so does this mean it's going to eventually get leaves too? I thought spikes were only produced by mature growths?!

[mmursuli]

I've seen it happen plenty on phals, so why not a den? Yeah, eventually it'll grow leaves and the roots will become longer and plentiful, at which point I'd detach it from the mother plant and pot it up. Keep us posted!

[Call_Me_Bob]

it does look like a keiki with a spike! cool!

guess we were both right