Saved a phal, what is happening? Keiki, spike with leaf?

[aliceinwl]

I think for keikis originating from a flower spike: follow SouthPark’s recommendations for removal. As ES said, basal growths are a bit different than other keikis: they can be removed but it causes a lot of trauma to both parent and new growth so they’re best left attached. Better a strong plant with two crowns than two weak plants.

To me, it looks like your plant put out a basal growth that then put out a terminal (as in top, not death) spike. It’ll be interesting to see what it does down the road. If this is indeed the case, you may get additional basal growths since that is what normally results from terminal spikes. Nice save!