Keiki or Shoot?
This is the second time my phalaenopsis orchid is budding after flowering. I saw this growth a couple weeks ago when it was smaller and assumed it was a new shoot but it looks like it has leaves? Did I grow a keiki?? #phalaenopsisorchid #newgrowth
2” pot without drainage
Last watered 2 weeks ago
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Whoa!! @valerieswitch That’s wild! It certainly looks like a keiki to me 👍 , but it’s putting out buds too?? 🤯 Tagging some other orchid-enthusiasts @MusicalRedmint @MariansOasis @smushface @Dawgfreak although I haven’t seen you lately Sonya!
Interesting, it looks like it started growing a Keiki but then also spiked… it looks like the spikes might actually be coming from the Keiki, but it’s hard to tell.
Because the other spike on the mother plant also has a bud, this makes a certain amount of sense… spiking is a hormonal process, and because that Keiki is connected to the mother plant it has access to its nutrient stores (to fuel the blooms) and is going to be influenced by its hormones (triggering blooms). I would try to leave it on the plant at least until it finishes blooming.
Very cool!
Because the other spike on the mother plant also has a bud, this makes a certain amount of sense… spiking is a hormonal process, and because that Keiki is connected to the mother plant it has access to its nutrient stores (to fuel the blooms) and is going to be influenced by its hormones (triggering blooms). I would try to leave it on the plant at least until it finishes blooming.
Very cool!