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weirdest spike I have ever seen
This is the weirdest spike I have ever seen: I just discovered that my phal
equestris is in spike and must have been for quite a while without my noticing it. The spike is under the lowest leaf and it circled back and the tip of the spike had burrowed into the plant so that it was attached to the plant's core (or whatever the part of the plant which the leaves are attached to is called) both at the bottom and at the tip of the spike in a full circle. I just extracted the spike tip from inside the plant's body and tried to unfurl it so that it now looks kind of normal and the buds are finally visible. Has anyone seen anything like that? I have seen roots that attacked the body of the plant and drilled holes in leaves, but I had never seen a spike's tip do this sort of thing before. What's the weirdest spike that you have ever seen? (I think that might make for an interesting thread.) Joanna |
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weirdest spike I have ever seen
J Fortuna wrote:
This is the weirdest spike I have ever seen: I just discovered that my phal equestris is in spike and must have been for quite a while without my noticing it. The spike is under the lowest leaf and it circled back and the tip of the spike had burrowed into the plant so that it was attached to the plant's core (or whatever the part of the plant which the leaves are attached to is called) both at the bottom and at the tip of the spike in a full circle. ............................. My best guess would be that the spike didn't circle back and dig in, but that the tip of the spike never left the plant in the first place. I think it got hung up at the beginning and as the stem tried to grow it pushed out as a loop. Steve |
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Steve,
Ah, that is indeed probably what happened. That makes sense! In fact when I rescued the tip, it seemed stuck and I think I had to sever a link to the plant body at one point (not at the tip but close to it), but I had not understood what had happened. Thanks for the explanation, Joanna "Steve" wrote in message ... J Fortuna wrote: This is the weirdest spike I have ever seen: I just discovered that my phal equestris is in spike and must have been for quite a while without my noticing it. The spike is under the lowest leaf and it circled back and the tip of the spike had burrowed into the plant so that it was attached to the plant's core (or whatever the part of the plant which the leaves are attached to is called) both at the bottom and at the tip of the spike in a full circle. ............................. My best guess would be that the spike didn't circle back and dig in, but that the tip of the spike never left the plant in the first place. I think it got hung up at the beginning and as the stem tried to grow it pushed out as a loop. Steve |
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weirdest spike I have ever seen
Joanna,
One of my Phals put out two spikes last year basically at 90 degree angles to the plant. They were impossible to stake. Very odd! Diana "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:6KH%g.80843$073.60352@trnddc01... Steve, Ah, that is indeed probably what happened. That makes sense! In fact when I rescued the tip, it seemed stuck and I think I had to sever a link to the plant body at one point (not at the tip but close to it), but I had not understood what had happened. Thanks for the explanation, Joanna "Steve" wrote in message ... J Fortuna wrote: This is the weirdest spike I have ever seen: I just discovered that my phal equestris is in spike and must have been for quite a while without my noticing it. The spike is under the lowest leaf and it circled back and the tip of the spike had burrowed into the plant so that it was attached to the plant's core (or whatever the part of the plant which the leaves are attached to is called) both at the bottom and at the tip of the spike in a full circle. ............................. My best guess would be that the spike didn't circle back and dig in, but that the tip of the spike never left the plant in the first place. I think it got hung up at the beginning and as the stem tried to grow it pushed out as a loop. Steve |
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weirdest spike I have ever seen
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:04:16 -0700, Steve wrote
(in article ) : J Fortuna wrote: This is the weirdest spike I have ever seen: I just discovered that my phal equestris is in spike and must have been for quite a while without my noticing it. The spike is under the lowest leaf and it circled back and the tip of the spike had burrowed into the plant so that it was attached to the plant's core (or whatever the part of the plant which the leaves are attached to is called) both at the bottom and at the tip of the spike in a full circle. ............................. My best guess would be that the spike didn't circle back and dig in, but that the tip of the spike never left the plant in the first place. I think it got hung up at the beginning and as the stem tried to grow it pushed out as a loop. Steve I'm watching the same thing on one of my phals. I nudged the tip of the spike away from the underside of the leaf above (without breaking it!) and am now watching a normal growing tip emerge from the stub which had originally been butting against the leaf. Tom Walnut Creek, CA Nikon D70 |
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