Spikes or bulb?

[orcdfrk]

You'll definately be able to tell the difference now that you know what the growths look like.

[Matthews]

Originally Posted by Henke

...guess we have to wait a bit more before we get the spikes....:-)

The waiting is the hard part.

[daemondamian]

Originally Posted by Henke

Thanx all for clearing this out for me. If the second photo is the beginning of a new bulb, I think we have three of them now.....guess we have to wait a bit more before we get the spikes....:-)

//Henke

Henke,
I always think new growth is better than no growth at all except if you have a plant that grows and grows for more than a year or two but never blooms

[smartie2000]

I agree, new growths are very important and they will soon support the future spikes

[Henke]

Thought I'd do an uopdate of this. Now we know what a flower spike looks like, not at all similar to a bulk growth.

Now we have 4 flowers on a single spike, guess if we are happy

Being able to get it to flower first year is luck,,,,,and possibly some good care too.

Attached is a link to my gallery with it blooming.

All 4 Funs Foto Galleri - Orkideer/Coelogyne cristata

[BioWheel]

Bulb imho.

[Angurek]

Originally Posted by Frdemetr

These pics (I toke today morning) show a spike and a new gowth in the same Coelogyne testacea, showing the differences. As Massimo stated, the spike is more brown.
Frederico

The spike looks a lot like a rattlesnake rattle.

Thanks for the pic. At least I know what to look for now.