they look like basal keikis, so no, you just have a giant orchid now!
MillenniumRey
I’m leaving my basal keikis as is. If they produce spikes, I will enjoy the flower show! Next year when I repot, if they naturally separate, I will be ready.
Babblepup
Ooo Basal Keikis~ You eventually can but not right now as they dont have enough roots to survive on their own yet. Do you know why it produced keikis or it just happened because it wanted to?
This one, you can probably remove if you want, since it seems to have enough of its own roots system to support itself while it grows more. The other one should remain in place unless/until it grows more roots. Most people leave basal keikis in place because they don’t often grow their own roots, and simply function as secondary/tertiary crowns/growth points for the plant. Yours seem to be developing more like traditional keikis, however. If you do choose to remove one, I’d keep it in a mix that’s a bit heavier on the sphagnum moss than normal until it grows a few more roots, since up to this point it’s been relying on the mother plant.
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they look like basal keikis, so no, you just have a giant orchid now!
I’m leaving my basal keikis as is. If they produce spikes, I will enjoy the flower show! Next year when I repot, if they naturally separate, I will be ready.
Ooo Basal Keikis~ You eventually can but not right now as they dont have enough roots to survive on their own yet. Do you know why it produced keikis or it just happened because it wanted to?
https://preview.redd.it/eg7ow05ah5ud1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=316df113da6e3de63e6617db43432bd6bf3d329e
This one, you can probably remove if you want, since it seems to have enough of its own roots system to support itself while it grows more. The other one should remain in place unless/until it grows more roots. Most people leave basal keikis in place because they don’t often grow their own roots, and simply function as secondary/tertiary crowns/growth points for the plant. Yours seem to be developing more like traditional keikis, however. If you do choose to remove one, I’d keep it in a mix that’s a bit heavier on the sphagnum moss than normal until it grows a few more roots, since up to this point it’s been relying on the mother plant.