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Orchid Propagation

Are you a bit nervous of growing an orchid plant?

Don’t give up on these gorgeous plants before you have given them a try.

What you need is an up-to-date guide that will show you where all the orchid growing pitfalls are.

From: Jan Wilson

Even though I have a few years experience growing all types of orchid plants, I still need a reference source to quickly and easily look up orchid care areas which I am not too familiar with. Yes, I have rows of good orchid books on my bookshelf, but it just takes so long to dig out the information I want. I have the same time problem again doing online searches for particular orchid information.

Don’t get stressed out like I did!

Fortunately, I was told that there were compact ebooks available with all the crucial orchid growing information I would need in one place. I hunted around and selected the best three guides which I have recommended below. For less than the cost of replacing an orchid that has died on you, it’s worth giving one of them a go.

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There are a few methods of propagating orchids, but the most common are division and using back bulbs. When the orchid plant has out-grown its container, carefully remove the plant from the pot (watering the potting mix before hand will help) and wash off the old potting mix. Remove any damaged, or dead, roots and then use a clean pair of cutters to cut through the rhizome. Ideally you should be able to make two or three divisions, but that depends on the size of the plant. Each division ought to have three or four pseudobulbs. Once the divisions have been made, you need to repot the new plants as soon as possible. Add fresh potting mix into a container and place the new orchid plant into the pot, packing the potting mix firmly around the plant. Back bulbs are simply pseudobulbs that have not flowered, or have previously flowered. These can be separated when you are dividing the plant.
Propagating orchids from seed is a bit more complicated as the seeds are so small. Because orchid seeds have no nutrient storage reserves, they need to have instant access to nutrients in order to germinate and grow. Most orchid propagators use a sterile medium to place the orchid seeds on and the seeds then grow in these culture vessels. By imitating pollinating insects, nurserymen can pollinate orchid flowers using a toothpick. The seed pod will develop and after several months, the seeds can be harvested from the pod before it splits open. Another orchid propagation method is meristem culture. This involves removing the meristematic tissue from growing tips and then culturing the cells on a sterile environment. Meristem propagation is usually done by large commercial growers who have their own tissue culture laboratory. Other orchid propagation methods are aerial cuttings (often used for propagating Dendrobium orchids) and keikis. Phalaenopsis orchids produce keikis (new plantlets) which grow on nodes along the flower spike.
Orchid Propagation