![]() However, most often than not, the pattern is to see the growth only at the end that is the newest. In some cases, growth can occur at both ends. They have enough mature, healthy pseudobulbs to produce new growth. You should see a quick shriveling of the back bulb in this method.īy leaving 3 or 4 healthy pseudobulbs on the division, each will grow perfectly fine. ![]() The severed rhizome will induce the back bulb to consume its nutrients in storage by producing new growth from the dormant eyes. Look for dormant eyes, or areas that could produce new pseudobulbs. If you only have two divisions after cutting, then one will have the oldest back bulb on it. Either way, you will be dividing the plant by cutting the rhizome into equal parts. This method of stimulating new orchid growth is used in one or more situations: either your plant is too large for its pot and you don’t want to go one pot bigger, or you have a friend who wants an orchid cutting. If you have a sympodial orchid, like a Cattleya, you can divide the orchid into 2 or three plants by splitting the rhizome. This is a natural way of vegetative propagation. The next method of propagating orchids is one that I find the most used in orchid care, called Back Bulb Cuttings or Natural Divisions. You can read about them in these two articles: this one about the male and female Catasetum orchids, and this one about watering cycles of Catasetum.Įven though I am fascinated by their growth and seed pollination with the Euglossine bee, I have not yet tested growing seeds, and I doubt it’s something I will be doing in the future. For that reason only, I have a few Catasetum orchids. Some orchids, as the Catasetum orchids, have a great back story about seed germination and pollination. Growing orchids from seeds is a valid method of propagating orchids and quite fascinating, too. It is an excellent way to learn about orchid care since it will be a full-time hands-on experience. Growing seeds into full flowering plants can take up to five years or more. This method is great if you have tons of patience and time. I suggest you read his work if pollination and seed propagation is your thing. Here But Not, a website by Dustin Miller in Canada has an entire article on that and it’s really good. Since I am not into seed propagation, I couldn’t start to tell you what to do. A seed pod will grow from the union of these male and female orchid parts. This happens because the flower is now working on seed formation inside the wilting flower. When the male anther receives the female pollen from the stigma, the orchid flower withers. The first way to grow orchids is through seeds in sexual reproduction. Orchids Propagate by Pollination and Seed Growth The best way to learn is to talk about our experiences. Each method below was either classified as a myth, a valid method, or a pending testing/research.Īgain, these are my conclusions, and if you disagree, I am perfectly fine with that. ![]() To write this article, I analyzed the methods that are being presented as successful and testing each one. ![]() This is not the case with orchids, who cannot supply the demand of nutrients through a cut flower spike. If you take a succulent leaf and place it over humid sand, each individual leaf will turn into a new plant. Succulents are entirely different plants and will work with this method. That is why cut Phalaenopsis spikes only last one week as an orchid centerpiece, if that. That is why the stem can be placed in a vase and live long enough for new roots to be born. A stem has enough nutrients to not need immediate roots that absorb water and nutrient. There have been successful divisions of Dendrobium orchids that have been grown in this method, but the entire stem is placed in the sealed container.Ī stem is an entirely different structure than the flower spike (inflorescence). It makes me so mad that these videos are actually getting reviews and ranking… It just simply can’t be done. A flower spike needs to be attached to the stem to have any flow of nutrients through its xylem. The results they provide are spikes that already and keikis on them in the first place. In the most ranking articles about growing orchids from cuttings, the host will place a cut spike into a vase with sphagnum moss, spritz with water, and wait a month. Myth-busting: There are several different ways to propagate orchids, none of which the first ranking articles are suggesting. Image Credit: “Bamboo Orchid” by Kirt Edblom is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 What Doesn’t Work for Growing Orchid Cuttings ![]()
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