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title: "On the left there, you can see a new pseudo bulb on my cymbidium. On…"
description: "On the left there, you can see a new pseudo bulb on my cymbidium. On the right…is that a bloom spike? It looks a little pointy for a bloom spike but it’s not…"
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community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "MattL"
published: "2024-11-08T00:52:29.754031Z"
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# On the left there, you can see a new pseudo bulb on my cymbidium. On…

_Posted by MattL on 2024-11-08_

On the left there, you can see a new pseudo bulb on my cymbidium. On the right…is that a bloom spike? It looks a little pointy for a bloom spike but it’s not variegated and the variegation on new pseudobulbs is visible immediately and they come up more bowed and not straight like this.

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## 3 comments

### MeasomerPi commented on 2024-11-08

Sometimes variegation is unstable. Maybe it’s new growth that reverted?

#### MattL replied on 2024-11-09

Possible! If that were true, I guess I’d want to remove it before it takes over the plant?

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2024-11-09

That tracks with typical variegation logic.

If it were mine, I would try to separate and start another plant. Could take years for it to bloom but it would be interesting to see if the flowers differ from the mother plant.

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