What is this spike doing?

[ValorieBoyer]

I'm at my mother-in-law's house for the Super Bowl and while checking out her two Phals I saw this one doing something I haven't seen yet. This one has two spikes, no buds or blooms, and the leaves are rather floppy, but the weird thing is one of the spikes has a couple leaf growths on it. I've heard of keikis but this doesn't seem like that...

[ValorieBoyer]

Here's another picture

[Ordphien]

Looks like a keiki! Or a baby plant.

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[ValorieBoyer]

I thought keikis only come from the base, not high up on a spike? She'll be thrilled if it is a baby

[trdyl]

It is deffinately a keiki.

[Ordphien]

On phals you can get basal keiki's. Which appear at the base.
They can also appear along the nodes on a spike.
Wait for it to develop its own roots that are a couple inches long and then you can snip it off and pot it up.
Or you can leave it.

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[cgregory]

Here is a good pic of basal keiki's

[MrsH530]

It's a keiki!!

[RosieC]

Yes a keiki. The ones on spikes can be separated once their roots are about 3" total. Generally the ones at the base are best left with the parent.