Hold the presses!

kentuckiense · Mar 4, 2007

Is this a sheath on my delenatii x vietnamense? It sure looks like it to me. If so, and it makes it to flower, it'll by my first slipper that I bloom.

However, the growth it is in is pretty small...

What does the jury say?

Heather · Mar 4, 2007

Yes. I say yes.

Jon in SW Ohio · Mar 4, 2007

Spike!

gonewild · Mar 4, 2007

It kind of looks like a partly opened sunflower seed to me.

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But it probably is a spike. Happy days :clap:

gore42 · Mar 4, 2007

Definitely a spike! Nicely done

Lets hope it keeps moving!

- Matt

WolfDog1 (C. Williams) · Mar 4, 2007

WOO HOO!
Congratulations!
Certainly looks like a bud down there to me!

Nicely done!

:clap: :clap:

IdahoOrchid · Mar 4, 2007

Looks more like a spike than some of the growths I have seen on my plants, gotten excited about and then turned out to be leaves.

smartie2000 · Mar 4, 2007

It's a sheath to me too. I wonder why sometimes paphs put blooms on such small growths

kentuckiense · Mar 4, 2007

Well, looks like the jury has come to a verdict! I'm going to have to think forum member cdub for giving me this plant back in July!

jblanford · Mar 5, 2007

Looks like a sheath to me, but it dose not look that much smaller then the first growth, it should do just fine. Jim.

Ernie · Mar 5, 2007

Careful not to get water down in there- Ho Chi Minh spikes are fairly slow to develop.

-Ernie

Nautilus · Mar 5, 2007

Looks good!

cdub · Mar 5, 2007

Holy sweetness. Twice in 9 months. Not too shabby. Those leaves sure are pretty.

Marco · Mar 5, 2007

Congrats Zach. Can't wait for it

kmarch · Mar 6, 2007

Yup, whenever I have a Paph that starts putting out another leaf before the previous one is mature size, I start looking for buds. It's a clue that almost never fails me.

-K

Park Bear · Mar 6, 2007

looking good

cdub · Mar 6, 2007

Zach, I expect an update photo every 8 minutes. Then Matt G can put them into a composite time lapse.

L I Jane · Mar 6, 2007

Congratulations! Now the waiting begins........! Soon you will be tearing your hair out.........Then comes the #&$&I^*$#@#$!!!! Finally you will be sweet-talking it........playing soft music & ......eventually......tra-la--la ...it will open--many months later!

kentuckiense · Mar 6, 2007

L I Jane said:
Congratulations! Now the waiting begins........! Soon you will be tearing your hair out.........Then comes the #&$&I^*$#@#$!!!! Finally you will be sweet-talking it........playing soft music & ......eventually......tra-la--la ...it will open--many months later!

I don't think I'll have to worry about that... It'll probably blast next week!

L I Jane · Mar 6, 2007

No, No, No never say that!!!

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