Help! Is this a keiki? Phalaenopsis with one basal keiki, now growing strange leaves
Hello there, new member here (and a bit of an orchid newbie)!
I have a phalaenopsis which finished flowering a couple of months ago (not sure on type - it probably came from M&S in the UK). It was suffering from a bit of snow mold, but have hopefully treated that now.
I only recently found out about keikis, as I was wondering what was going on with the growth around the base (as you can see its quite well established with 4 leaves so I should have realised sooner!)
Anyway, recently I noticed this strange node poking out between the top and second leaves, and thought maybe this was a new flower spike... But now I'm wondering is the orchid growing another keiki? There's lots of little leaves growing from the crown of the plant. Have you guys seen anything like this before? I thought keikis grew from the base or flower spikes and would have a stem joining the keiki and the mother - so this has got me a bit flummoxed!
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