Hi all,

Being the season that it is, I have a question about spiking. I know
that most orchids can be "forced" to spike through careful control of
temp, light, fertilizer...etc. However, the term "forced" has always
made me wonder: are we saying that these are plants that would normally
not be ready to spike? If we had a very very happy plant, and we just
let it be and did not manipulate anything, would it spike on its own
eventually just by virtue of the fact that it has all this extra energy
around? Or would it always put its energy into making new
leaves/roots...etc?

Cheers,
Xi Wang