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  1. August 10th, 2009, 07:11 PM #1
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    Default Cymbidium dayanum spikes?

    Please tell me this is a spike.
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  2. August 10th, 2009, 07:24 PM #2
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    ooh, I'm not sure Marissa, but fingers crossed aye... keep us posted.
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    Okay, here's some more photos from the other plants. This was a specimen plant that I recently divided and was able to make 6 good size divisions (5-6 p-bulbs each pot)
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    My guess; Photo #1 has a spike and new growth. #2 looks like new growth. Just my guess. Keep us informed!
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    Ohhh, I hope it is!! Can't wait to see how it turns out. Did these start 'spiking' just after you divided and repotted?

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    Thank you guys, I'm keeping my fingers cross.


    Quote Originally Posted by Brutal_Dreamer View Post
    Ohhh, I hope it is!! Can't wait to see how it turns out. Did these start 'spiking' just after you divided and repotted?

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    Yes, I believe the spikes started after i divided it. I got it as a specimen plant that actually still has some seed pods from previous flowering. I researched the plant and found out that it was a summer and fall bloomer which just made me more confident that they are spikes.
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    hi im new but i have a cymbidium and it started doing that about 3 weeks ago, but they were not so blunt like yours i think it maybe a spike mine was just new growth. i have 5 new lil bulbs comming up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kcmorrow View Post
    hi im new but i have a cymbidium and it started doing that about 3 weeks ago, but they were not so blunt like yours i think it maybe a spike mine was just new growth. i have 5 new lil bulbs comming up.
    Hi KC, welcome to the forum. From what I learned from previous postings and little experience (I'm a newbie in the orchid world myself) spikes are plumper compared to new growths. Feel free to post photos of your cym., we love photos here.
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    see.. now I'm all keen to find out what these are... can't wait!
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    They were spikes!!!!!!!!!! But I was surprised on how small the flowers are, this is my first dayanum and I guess I was expecting bigger blooms (at least as big as Cym. eburneum)

    Anyway here you go, not sure if they are fully open yet.
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