A growth from a Coel spike?

[prisana]

I need some expert advice here. When my Coel finished blooming I was about to snip the whole spike, then I saw some leaves poking out around the spike. Are these true leaves ? Do Coels do this often ? Should I cut it ?

I've never seen this before (then again, this is my first Coel )

[kmarch]

The dry dead brown part is the spike. If you wish you may cut it off (cut off only the dead, dry, brown part).

Coelogyne have 4 different ways of blooming:

1) Flower spike comes from the base of a bulb and afterwards dies off. Examples include Coel. tomentosa and cristata.

2) Flower spike comes from the top of a new growth just as the new growth starts. The bloom finishes, then the growth goes on to mature growing both leaves and a pseudobulb. Examples include Coel. speciosa and xyrekes.

3) Flower spike comes out from the middle of a partially grown new growth. The leaf will be partially unrolled and the spike comes out the middle of this. The spike flowers and dies and the growth finished growing the leaf and pseudobulb.

4) Flower spike blooms form the top of a completely mature growth wiht pseudi bulb and leaves. Examples include Coel. fimbriata and ovalis

All of these types of blooming have technical names if anyone is interested.

Prisana, it looks like your Coel is either the second or third type. What species is it?

[prisana]

Thanks Kevin, that explains it. It's a Pandurata..the only Coel I have. So I shouldn't be expecting another spike from this growth later ? This is all backward, but thanks to you now I know this is not a freak plant.

[clarita]

Kevin I am interested in the technical names

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by prisana

Thanks Kevin, that explains it. It's a [p]andurata

pandurata is not capitalized

Originally Posted by prisana

So I shouldn't be expecting another spike from this growth later ?

No, this growth will not bloom again.

Originally Posted by clarita

Kevin I am interested in the technical names

The 4 different Coelogyne blooming habits are:
1) Heteranthous - Literally "different from the plant" in which the flower spike emerges, blooms, and dies off, and never grows into a vegetative structure (pseudobulb and leaves). The vegetative structure grows seperately and does not flower. Examples include Coel. tomentosa and cristata.

2) Proteranthous - Literally "before the plant" in which the flower spike comes from the top of a new growth just as the new growth starts. The bloom finishes, then the growth goes on to mature, growing both leaves and a pseudobulb. Examples include Coel. speciosa and xyrekes.

3) Synanthous - Literally "with the plant" in which the flower spike comes out from the middle of the vegetative growth and blooms as the vegetative parts are growing. The leaf will be partially unrolled and the spike comes out the middle of this. The spike flowers and dies and the growth finished growing the leaf and pseudobulb.

4) Hysteranthous - Literally "after the plant" in which the flower spike blooms form the top of a completely mature vegetative growth with pseudobulb and leaves. Examples include Coel. fimbriata and ovalis.

[clarita]

Thank you Kevin!