| I have another variation on the theme. Joined at not the tip, but the base. You have inspired me with your "surgical process" to try something myself. My new leaf was joined at the base to the extent that the next new leaf could not "escape" from the confines of the new enclosed crown. So it sent up a basal keiki which you can see in this photo. I just went into my orchid area and cut open the base of the leaf to see if the new leaf can now "escape"!? |