Spike or?

[sanja28]

Here are my cymbidiums, can you tell me is there any spike?

[BillC]

Hi Sanja, here are two pics of Cym spike which was thought to be new growth at first sight. I would wait a little while to see how your growth turns out.

Bill

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Wait till they are a few inches long, then gently squeeze the end. If it if firm throughout, it is a new growth. If there is a hollow or lump quality, it is a flower spike. The middle picture is starting to look like a new growth. I think that if you were going to get blooms, they should have shown up earlier. I have no spikes this year, don't know why, but plenty of new grows by now, which means no flowers, as flowers come first.

[kmarch]

It's too early to tell. For the first inch or 2 spikes and growths look alike. My guess though is that since it is winter for you and Cymbidiums bloom in winter and early spring, there's a good chance they are spikes.

[PhalPal]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the first picture has two spikes, pics two and three has new growths. If the growths in pic one are firm and the end is as pointy as it appears it is definately a flower spike. I have several cyms that have spikes at the same stage right now.
I have NO phal spikes - go figure. Lots of cym spikes. So, I'm not complaining. (too much)

Please keep us up on what they actually turn out to be so we can learn from this too!