Keikis and more keikis

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    chris1948 Seedling

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    I think I've had this Phal for about 1 1/2yrs now. It's been putting out keikis for quite awhile and I noticed a few days ago that two more are forming. dsc06866.jpg dsc06867.jpg dsc06868.jpg
     
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    These little clones are amazing aren't they? The baby plant is an exact replica of its mother plant, sometimes even flowering while still attached to its parent. Obviously you are doing everything right with your plant for it to produce so may little ones.
     
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    It is amazing, I think it's the MSU and RO water once a week and misting with Ultraclean and Epson Salts mixture daily.
     
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    Only one of my phals ever put out a keiki and I was over the moon about it!! I posted about it here in fact, and got some excellent advice on how to make it into a whole separate plant!
     



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    Hi Ronni, yes, excellent advice given here. I know that on the one I have with roots that they still need to get longer, about 4" at least. That's the easy part, when it comes to separating it from the spike is the hard part since there's now one forming on the same spike above and below it.
     
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    Here are some more photos of this one little plant that is just going Keiki crazy. It looks like besides more Keikis there's also a flower spike forming though I could be wrong about that.
    The first photo is the original Keiki that formed back in June of 2016.
    2nd is a new one that's formed with the past few months
    3rd looks almost like a root forming out of nowhere but I think it's going to be another keiki
    4th this is on the other side of the 'Y' where the first keiki formed, kind of looks like a flower spike forming
    5th a better photo of what could be the flower spike
    I think there are at least 4 keikis on this plant. It's hard to photograph all of them without the others getting in the way. The oldest one still has a ways to go before I can try to remove it and pot up.
     

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