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  1. July 6th, 2005, 04:07 PM #1
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    Default Update: Bulbless Spike

    Hi everyone!
    I'd posted a while ago that my broken pbulb of my Onc. Sharry Baby spiked (I accidently snapped off the bulb leaving only a stump). Anyways, the spike has been growing steadily at .5 to .75 inch a day. Now it's nearly two feet long and is still growing.

    But I noticed...1) the spike is thin...thinner than the other spike from another normal growth. And 2) it's nearly two feet and I still don't see any signs of buds or anything. The nodes along the spike, you know, the triangular "sheaths" are stuck flat against the spike without any swelling signaling a bud or a branching spike. (What's wrong?) Perhaps I'm getting impatient...or I don't know whether pbulbless spikes can bloom. (Though I really hope so.) Thanks for any info!
    Last edited by orchidaddict789; July 6th, 2005 at 08:23 PM.
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