How can one tell whether a Paph is starting a new spike or growing a new
leaf?

The reason why I am asking is: I mail ordered a Paph malipoense in-spike. It
got delivered today, with a note stating that it is just starting a new
spike in the new growth. It looks like a new leaf to me. But then I
remembered that my very first Paph also looked like it was going to have a
new leaf before I left for vacation, and when I came back it had a new
spike. So I am willing to accept that this _may_ be a new spike even though
it looks like a leaf ... But I would like to know whether there is a way to
know for sure whether this is a spike or just another leaf. Is there
something that I can look for to tell? Is this something that people who
have been around Paphs long enough just know? Or is it an educated guess,
based on the number of leaves for example?

What I would like to know in part is, whether or not I may have been ripped
off, since the plant was sold to me as "in-spike", and I may not have bought
it if it had been listed as "blooming size" but not in spike. I am willing
to give it the benefit of a doubt that it may be in spike, but it really
looks to me like it is just "in-leaf".

Joanna (who can already tell a Phal spike from an aerial root very early on,
but alas still has much more to learn about Paphs)