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Originally Posted by Nancy  I have one Dendrobium Phalaenopsis. |
Nancy, In orchid species names, the species part of the name is never capitalized. So in this cast it should be:
Dendrobium phalaenopsis with a lower case "P". If it is a hybrid, the correct term is
Phalaenopsis type (or Phal type)
hybrid.
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Originally Posted by Nancy It sort of has me baffled. There is what looks like a growth coming from the base of the pb just above the roots. It has remained short, only growing about four inches. The leaves are small and one of the leaves is turning yellow near the top. I thought it was a new growth but now I'm not so sure. |
If it is coming from the base of the plant it is definitely a new growth. Depending on the age of the plant and the culture you give the plant, new growths can be larger, the same size, or smaller than previous growths. If you've only recently aquired the plant, the change in conditions could possibly cause a new growth to be smaller and less healthy than previous growths.
If you have not already done so, go to
American Orchid Society and download the culture sheet for Dendrobiums. The AOS culture sheet is designed for Phalaenopsis-type hybrids so your plant should fare well under those conditions.
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Originally Posted by Nancy It has avery nice root system. If this is a keiki, should I remove it because it is so close to the base of the previous growth? Could it possibly get in the way of a new growth? Any thoughts on this will be helpful.  |
As I mentioned above it's not a keiki, it's a new growth. If it were a keiki, it would be growing from one of the nodes along the cane, usually near the tip. Do not remove it and just let the plant grow naturally. It will not get in the way of new growth, in fact just the opposite, it will produce the new growth.