Orchid Flower Vs Root. While growing spikes remain green along their full length. It is crucial to identify which kind of roots your orchid plants have because this will help you match the right potting media to the root type.
Orchid roots are green just at the growth tip and white behind that. The fusion of the male portion of the flower stamen and female portion pistil into one structure called the columnoften visible protruding from the center. Flower spikes are usually greener than roots and have a flatter mitten-shaped tip.
All orchids actually stem from the same orchid plant or root called a stem.
The white layer called velamen is actually made of dead cells. 26042010 Something is poking out of the base of your orchid plant. Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants as they share some very evident derived characteristics or synapomorphiesAmong these are. In a Phalaenopsis orchid both roots and spikes are usually green when they begin to emerge which makes it that much harder to distinguish the two.