phal spike has hooked tip

[Gage]

Originally Posted by glengary54

Gage - I'm not so convinced that the original spike tip will continue to grow. I think that the node below the damage was activated because of the non viable tip. Remember, the only purpose a flower serves to the plant is to get pollinated, make seed and hopefuly make more plants. So in this case the plant activated the node in a move to preserve the gene pool, I may be terribly wrong but these were my thoughts. Only time will tell.

Makes sense.

[Daethen]

I agree with Glen. And by blasted I meant that it quit developing or it aborted.

[paamul]

I guess I'll just have to wait and see. Right now it looks as though the hook is still growing but I won't know for a few weeks of watching to see if keeps it up. As far as I know, there was no scratching of the spike since it was under a leaf and wasn't touching it when the hook developed. I am glad that i do have another viable spike. Will send photos as this develops.

Thanks for the input!!

[paamul]

The tip of the hook broke off . . . how, I'm not sure. Where the hook broke, another spike appeared, and there are two other skinny spikes on that original one. Looks like I'll have very thin stems and probably not a lot of flowers. Probably should have cut the original spike which now has 2 flowers and another on it's way.