Through an analysis on several examples we show that the phase space regions occupied by the laminar phases displayed by type-V intermittencies in two-dimensional maps often possess one-dimensional characteristics. These one-dimensional regions correspond to parts of the stable manifolds belonging to the “ghosts” of the periodic orbits that have already vanished via border-collision bifurcations. They form channels with an apparent exit similar to that the laminar iterations go through when intermittencies happen in one-dimensional maps. At the same time the phase space regions occupied by turbulent phases possess two-dimensional features.The mechanisms of all these characteristics are also discussed.