What kind of new growth is this?

[Jirel]

I'm kind of hoping it's another 'stalk', 'plant' -what is the proper term for more of the same orchid but not a keiki?



And just for fun, here are the roots of one of my mounts growing to the wood. I don't know if they are supposed to grow around the wood or into the wood? But this one is growing!

[Celcat]

Hello Jirel,

Is the first pic a cattleya? But this is a new pseudobulb, you will get eventually some flowers

[patticake]

The first pic is a nice new growth. That's the way the plant grows from the end of the rhizome. It will get bigger, and grow upwards. Then a leaf, the bottom swells into a new pb, and then a bloom! The new roots can come out now, or sometimes after the new growth.-It depends on the plant.

The roots look great! I love how they grow all-over. They have a personality of their own! Nice growing!!

[Jirel]

Celcat, I'm not sure but I think the first is Oteare Island Flare. I was going to repot the plant but I take it this is now the wrong time, what with the new growth starting up?

[Hummer344]

The mounted orchid will attach itself to the wood but not grow into it. Orchids are not parasitic. At least that I know of.

[Jirel]

Everybody says orchids 'attach themselves to wood'. What does that mean? Roses don't really attach themselves to anything so I'm completely outside my depth here.

[Celcat]

I was saying cattleya, because one of my chid has a similar growth, see the pic, mine is a bit at a more advanced stage. Actually, it is a cross between Brassia, Lealia and cattleya.

Some of my orchids, I repot them when I see sign of new growth. Like this, the new roots will adapt better to new medium than the old ones. But then for the milto, I will repot them just after flowering.

Good growing

[11Orchid126]

What you have is a new lead which will eventually develop into a pseudobulb and hopefully when it matures it will bloom. Nice growing.

[Greenhouse Gal]

Jirel,
* attach themselves to wood *
When orchid roots grow along a surface, they sort of "stick" to the surface as they go along. The velamen has a way of "gluing" it's self to the surface. Have you tried to re-pot an orchid and the roots sort of peel off one side of the velamen? They can do this to a pot, or to a branch in nature, or to a mount. I am not sure exactly how this "sticking" is accomplished. If anyone knows please tell me.