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02-02-2014, 04:19 PM
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What is this spike doing?
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...
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02-02-2014, 04:21 PM
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Here's another picture
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02-02-2014, 04:26 PM
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Looks like a keiki! Or a baby plant.
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02-02-2014, 04:33 PM
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I thought keikis only come from the base, not high up on a spike? She'll be thrilled if it is a baby
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02-02-2014, 04:45 PM
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It is deffinately a keiki.
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02-02-2014, 04:48 PM
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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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02-03-2014, 11:00 AM
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Here is a good pic of basal keiki's
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02-03-2014, 11:21 AM
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It's a keiki!!
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02-06-2014, 05:10 AM
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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.
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