Its a "spikeiki"! lol. Sometimes orchids get confused due to either environmental or chemical disruptions just at the moment in time when they are deciding to grow a keiki or a spike. The result is a mutated spike/keiki combination. Depending on which component is more dominant, you may get a tiny keiki that has a blooming spike. Or a spike with leaves only. I have seen a dendrobium picture some time ago that had a long spike that only produced one leaf at the tip. It would be interesting what your new growth ends up with.

Hi! ^ ^ I think it could be of use to someone if I type out my experience. Perhaps a collection of experiences will lead to some form of conclusion of the hypothesis about lighting etc. It began when one of my two orchids had a nasty little pussy cat tip over it's pot. The orchid's spike severed completely off. Since my orchids both bloom at the same time I cut the spike off the other orchid. Of both the spikes, the yellow had 2 blooms (1 bud spike was 6 inches long). The purple had 8 buds (one bloom spike was 10 inches long) which is the one the cat had tipped over. I will also note that I put the purple stem immediately into water since I had heard the plant crash. I have had both spikes into a clear glass vase (about 1-1.5 cup of water) in a pitch black game room except light from the teli and monitors. To be more specific the vase is in the shadow of the "light". The temp is always around 78 degrees fahrenheit. I enjoyed the blooms for a couple of weeks and the large bloomed ones finally started to look fatigued so I pinched those off (about 4-5). The rest dropped off by themselves. I totally forgot about these stems/spikes. Here is where it gets interesting, about 2-3 month later I was dusting and cleaning up the "mess" at the sink when I noticed the yellow spike was still green at the end, the purple was brown so I cut it under water to a healthy green looking point. I had decided regardless of the various postings on the intraweb saying that a spike couldn't grow roots I would still let these two try. It now has been 5 months, the yellow has a small root growing at the end, the purple is still green. They are in the pitch black room, I change the water sporadically from every 4 days to 3 weeks with tepid from faucet. Basically when I remember the poor babies but more so at the beginning than now (which changes now I see a little root). I will also mention I was using the cities icky chlorinated fluoride injected tap water, I will now change to bottled water and watch the results.

These are so pretty! I suppose that I'll have to try Phals again. My growing conditions have change a little since my last ones. They normally hate me! ;~) Scott

Keeping the humidity high around the base of the plant (being very careful not to keep the plant wet) will encourage root growth as well. I have placed rootless plants in a small, vented, clear container of bark, and covered the top of the bark loosely with sphagnum moss. I'd run the bark under water twice a week, but made sure to spray the sphagnum pretty much daily. This kept the root area humid and pretty warm, and the air was still able to circulate through it. It took a long time, but they will come back.