are these keikis?

[magila]

I have a question.
Are these keikis that are growing out of my dendrobium?
At first i thought it was but there are growing more and more out of them. I already counted 21 of them and still more are coming.
So now im not sure anymore, since my phal only had 1 keiki at a time...

[cbuchman]

Yes, those are Keikis. It's not so uncommon on dendrobiums.

[magila]

Thx, i knew it was common, but didn't expect this many keiki's.
anyway i'm glad she has so many offspring haha

[WhiteRabbit]

If this a Den that wants a winter rest in order to bloom, and didn't get that, the keikis are the result.

[Dendy83]

I don't have a den that needs a winter rest, but why is that whiterabbit?

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by Dendy83

I don't have a den that needs a winter rest, but why is that whiterabbit?

They just get keikis instead of blooms if they don't get the winter rest. I suppose that since there will be no blooms to be pollinated and create seeds, it's just another way to reproduce.

Of course, I just remembered that my nobile didn't bloom (I suppose I futzed up the winter rest), but didn't get keikis either ...

I have in the past have a nobile hybrid that I didn't rest (was only my second orchid), and that one did get a ton of keikis.

[violetta]

If that's a den-phal, it looks a bit stressed since it has no leaves and so many keikis. Maybe your growing conditions aren't suitable for it.
Den-phals require lots of warmth, light, water and fertiliser all year round.

[magila]

Its a den-phal indeed.
There are 2 leaves on it on the bigger bulb on the left, can't see them in the pic.
its in my livingroom in front of the window, its about 18-20C there and humidity in my house is normally around 70-80%
I bath it once a week and gets fertiliser every 1 or 2 weeks.
am i doing something wrong?