Red Tip on Spike? Please HELP!

[Newbie3]

Hi Everyone! I am brand new to the orchid world. I received my first (and so far only) Phalaenopsis as a gift from my boyfriend about three months ago. It was a plant he bought from the grocery store (but it's still beautiful and it was a thoughtful gift) about two weeks after bringing it home all the flowers shriveled up and died so I puned it. I have a feeling the blooms dying has to do with the fact I get TERRIBLE light in my house but due to winter approaching I couldn't put the plant outside. Since then the plant itself has been doing quite well. The spike has grown about another inch and the leaves have grown nice and big and broad with new leaves everging from the apex. Athough no blooms (most likely because there is not enough teperature variation from night to day) everything is a nice healthy green... until recently.

The very tip of the stalk/spike (not sure what the term should be) has turned a dark red/maroon color. From what I have learned through a little bit of research is that it can be normal for the spike to turn red that it is a process of "tanning" as an adjustment to the light (my orchid sits right next to the window since the light in the house is so poor) or if the stalk is dying it may trun red then dry and be ready for pruning. What concerns me is that this red tip seems to have buds on it. It looks like three different "lobes" right at the very tip and all are red and the redness extends about a centimeter down the spike. Is this normal? If not, what should I do?

**I took pictures but am not sure how to post them because when I click the picture icon it asks for a url and the pics are on my computer not online.