And the small leaves forming on the mother plant are a basal keiki, which is a new plant growing out of the side of the old one.
But Wataboushi x Yukimai is a large, white Phalaenopsis that shouldn't be sending out basal keikis as part of its normal growth cycle. It would only really be sending out basal keikis if something was wrong with the main plant.
When was the last time the main plant sent out a new leaf (from the centre where leaves normally grow)? If it's sending out a basal keiki it sounds like it's been damaged and would have stopped growing.
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