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Originally Posted by Nancy  I was wondering how this phalaenopsis might handly itself in nature. To me it makes sense that it would be more likely to send up a keiki from that base of the plant. These plants don't give up easily, so I wouldn't give up hope just yet. |
I don't think this would happen in nature. I think the spiking from the crown is a mutation resulting from multi-generation complex hybridizing. From what I have read, I do not think Phals in the wild bloom off secondary spikes like hybrids do in cultivation.
BTW, Phalaenopsis is
always capitalized as it is a generic name (genus).