very excited about my purchase!!

[aries23]

I purchased a phal noid at lowes and it so beautiful has two spikes and 13 blooms altogether and only two were open. So I get home and Im inspecting the bottom leaf and I see two more spikes starting to slightly emerge. I am very excited it doesnt have any of those areial roots that are white ,I know the top roots are very green and so are the bottom ones. So thats good. Anyone know when areial roots begin to grow?

So if these are two more spikes coming out, what do I do when they emerge and bloom do I leave the first two other ones still on the plant? Thanks for reading!!

[Ethan]

Congrats on your nice purchase!! I personally never cut a spike off of a phal until it is completely done blooming. Your two spikes that have just begun to flower will continue to flower happily while the other two spikes are developing. They may be finished by the time the new ones bloom - if not you'll be enjoying four beautiful spikes all at once!

[Ethan]

On second read, are you sure those are two new spikes and not, in fact, two new aerial roots? Do you have any photos?

In my experience, aerial roots tend to develop below the current/old spikes. New spikes will develop above the old spikes.

[aries23]

Originally Posted by Ethan

On second read, are you sure those are two new spikes and not, in fact, two new aerial roots? Do you have any photos?

In my experience, aerial roots tend to develop below the current/old spikes. New spikes will develop above the old spikes.

Well, now that I examined it again I think one is a spike its the same color as the other spikes and has like a white mark on it like when the spike grows. The other one that I thought was a spike is not its round and not like this one. Ill post pictures when I find my camara