I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane white,
with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and grocery store
around the country. A couple of months ago it was blooming. The spike
looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si Advised her to cut it
back to just above the second bud union after the last bloom falls. She
did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the leaves
has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume these will
eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the original
plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
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I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was blooming.
The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si Advised her
to cut it back to just above the second bud union after the last bloom
falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the leaves
has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume these
will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

If the new flower stem (inflorescence) is coming from where the new leaves
orginate or come out (and from your description it sounds like that) that
keikie won't survive because it won't be able to grow new leaves. Phals
normally have the inflorescence start below the top leaves. This only applys
to Phals. as far as I know and is not often seen.

Bob


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the
original plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was
blooming. The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si
Advised her to cut it back to just above the second bud union after the
last bloom falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the leaves
has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume these
will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

On one node it looks like the new spike is coming from the center of the
leaf union. The other node is just a leaf growing from the node.





"Bob Walsh" wrote in message
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If the new flower stem (inflorescence) is coming from where the new leaves
orginate or come out (and from your description it sounds like that) that
keikie won't survive because it won't be able to grow new leaves. Phals
normally have the inflorescence start below the top leaves. This only
applys to Phals. as far as I know and is not often seen.

Bob


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the
original plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was
blooming. The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si
Advised her to cut it back to just above the second bud union after the
last bloom falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the
leaves has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume
these will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

I thought (silly me) Keiki's always originated at the main stalk (?). not
out on the spike. Now that I have research it a lot more, I see this is not
unusual for Phals.


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the
original plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was
blooming. The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si
Advised her to cut it back to just above the second bud union after the
last bloom falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the leaves
has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume these
will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

The kiekie is not unusual but it sounds like where the spike is originating
is unusual.

Is there any chance of a picture? If so post it to
alt.binaries.pictures.orchids or post it somewhere else and give us a link
to go to.

Bob
"BruceM" wrote in message
news
I thought (silly me) Keiki's always originated at the main stalk (?). not
out on the spike. Now that I have research it a lot more, I see this is
not unusual for Phals.


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the
original plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was
blooming. The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si
Advised her to cut it back to just above the second bud union after the
last bloom falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the
leaves has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume
these will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

Yes there is. I planned on taking the digital camera to work tomorrow and
get a picture of it. I tried with my cell phone, but it was poor


"Bob Walsh" wrote in message
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The kiekie is not unusual but it sounds like where the spike is
originating is unusual.

Is there any chance of a picture? If so post it to
alt.binaries.pictures.orchids or post it somewhere else and give us a link
to go to.

Bob
"BruceM" wrote in message
news
I thought (silly me) Keiki's always originated at the main stalk (?). not
out on the spike. Now that I have research it a lot more, I see this is
not unusual for Phals.


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the
original plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was
blooming. The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si
Advised her to cut it back to just above the second bud union after the
last bloom falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the
leaves has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume
these will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

The photos are the last three at
http://home.roadrunner.com/~katkom/H...ids/index.html

Learn something everyday. I always thought Keiki's were of the Basal variety
until made me read a bit more on them.

"Bob Walsh" wrote in message
. ..
The kiekie is not unusual but it sounds like where the spike is
originating is unusual.

Is there any chance of a picture? If so post it to
alt.binaries.pictures.orchids or post it somewhere else and give us a link
to go to.

Bob
"BruceM" wrote in message
news
I thought (silly me) Keiki's always originated at the main stalk (?). not
out on the spike. Now that I have research it a lot more, I see this is
not unusual for Phals.


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the
original plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was
blooming. The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out, si
Advised her to cut it back to just above the second bud union after the
last bloom falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the
leaves has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I assume
these will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?

The bud is before the spike, not from where the leaf comes out. Should be no
problems.

Generally the advice is the leave on the 'mother' plant until the roots are
at least a cumulative 3" long. Some will bend the spike down when the roots
get going and pot it in a small pot without removing it from the spike,
others leave it on the plant indefinitely. I haven't tried any of these
myself.

Bob

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
The photos are the last three at
http://home.roadrunner.com/~katkom/H...ids/index.html

Learn something everyday. I always thought Keiki's were of the Basal
variety until made me read a bit more on them.

"Bob Walsh" wrote in message
. ..
The kiekie is not unusual but it sounds like where the spike is
originating is unusual.

Is there any chance of a picture? If so post it to
alt.binaries.pictures.orchids or post it somewhere else and give us a
link to go to.

Bob
"BruceM" wrote in message
news
I thought (silly me) Keiki's always originated at the main stalk (?). not
out on the spike. Now that I have research it a lot more, I see this is
not unusual for Phals.


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
. ..
Congratulations. Your friend has had babies. Yes, once they have viable
roots they can be potted up, and will bear flowers identical to the
original plant.

Diana

"BruceM" wrote in message
...
I saw the strangest thing today At least, it was strange to me.
My frind has a florist store special. One of those generic plain jane
white, with purple throat Phals orchid sold in every flower store and
grocery store around the country. A couple of months ago it was
blooming. The spike looked like it was not putting anymore buds out,
si Advised her to cut it back to just above the second bud union after
the last bloom falls. She did.

Now she has a a leaf growing out of each bud union, and one of the
leaves has a spike growing out of the center with a tiny bud. I
assume these will eventually grow roots and can be cut, then potted?