Culture pages QUICK FIND CULTURE INDEX This page Mixed Genera Introduction Cymbidium Oncidium general Oncidium seasonal Paphiopedilum Cattleya Laelia Barkeria Schomburgkia Brassavola Epidendrum Encyclia Sophronitis Lycaste Repotting Flower initiation Fertilisers Growth /habitats Spike management Spike or growth	. BULB OR GROWTH .   Specific cultural series Paphiopedilum Cattleya Oncidium Habitats Monthly culture SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN (FALL) WINTER .
	Confused by whether the new growth is a flower spike or new vegetative growth?. The following may assist in identifying this delima.
	VEGETATIVE GROWTH Oval in shape at its base Sharply pointed tip Almost triangular in shape from the side When 75 to 100 mm long, tip separates showing the ends of the individual leaves Growth rate is relatively slow FLOWER SPIKE Rounded in shape, with blunt tip 'Gives' when pressed with fingers FOUND between the pseudobulb and new leaf growth in the axil of an outer leaf which splits on the opposite side of the newly developing pseudobulb to the differrently shaped leaf growth Growth is comparatively rapid They are often darker coloured than the vegetative growth
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