I concur with both Pavel and Byron. I would like to know if the plant referred to is a vanda as in strap-leaf vanda or vandaceous. In my experience I've never had a strap-leaf vanda/ascocenda or even semi-terete vanda behaving in this way. However the vandaceous hybrids with Arachnis or Renanthera do occasionally behave in this manner. This will also spell the end of the terminal vegetative growth but new keikis will develop.