I've had this Dendrobium kingianum for about 3 months, in S/H outdoors (in San Francisco, good climate for them).
The bloom spikes died out after the first few weeks, and then new growths, black and pointy, started on the tips of the stems where the spikes had been. Here I am all newbie assuming this is all probably normal and it's just going into a growth phase and getting taller, but... then I notice all of these growths are oddly bulging at the base, and a lot of them look like they're starting to grow roots!
This plant has about a dozen stems (canes? Or whatever I should call them?). 10 of them have these growths, from 1" to 3". 7 more fresh fat black tips that look very similar are pushing up out of the hydroton in the pot, up to 4" or so, I'm guessing those are normal new stems, but it's the tippy-top ones that puzzle me.
What is this? Keikis on every stem? Is that common? Is the plant dying and trying to jettison life pods or something??
What's with these odd growths on my D. kingianum??
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