Not roots, not a spike, uh...?(Rhynchostylis gigantea)

[Oecophylla]

Long time listener, first time caller.

I've had a Rhynchostylis gigantea for about two years now. The first (repotted) year was a slow one, very minimal growth. This last year, she put out a leaf or two and some nice and fat branching roots.

Here's where I'm confused. Noticed some buds in the leaf margins this Autumn and hoped for flower spikes. The buds grew and grew...and grew and grew, and here two months later don't look anything like flower spikes.


This is the only Vandaceous orchid I've ever grown, so forgive me if this is an obvious answer. I'm pretty sure offshoots are rare if not impossible, though as the weeks go by these buds are looking more and more like miniature plants...so friends, what gives?

Here's a few pictures for reference: