Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
All orchids fall into one of two general types based on their growth patterns, and you need to know an orchid’s growth pattern to prune it correctly. Monopodial orchids grow on a single stem ...
Use clean, sharp scissors or pruning shears to cut the stem just below the node, then place the cutting in a pot with an orchid mix, making sure the node is slightly buried.
Cut the spike two or three nodes below the lowest flower, and the orchid may bloom again in as soon as 8 to 12 weeks. “There’s a 50% chance a new stalk will grow from the old one,” Kondrat says.
A magnolia stem cutting has been coaxed to form new roots, and is now a complete plant. Cutting from Coleus scutellarioides – after 14 days the roots are 6 cm long.. A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation.
The sap of most species of Vanilla orchid which exudes from cut stems or where pods are harvested can cause moderate to severe dermatitis if it comes in contact with bare skin, though it is water-soluble and can be removed by washing.
Epidendrum sculptum has hanging cane-like stems, covered in imbricating sheaths. On the part of the stem away from the roots, these sheaths bear alternate, oblong leaves, up to 5 cm long, which are two-lobed at the distal end. The inflorescence is so short that the three flowers appear to be sessile on the apex of the stem. [1]
However, I was able to keep my orchid alive for over two years using the ice cube method of watering. It entailed putting two large ice cubes, give or take, once a week into the pot.
Crepidium marsupichilum, commonly known as the pouched spur orchid, [2] is a plant in the orchid family and is endemic to tropical far north Queensland.It is an evergreen, terrestrial orchid with an cone-shaped stem, light green, shiny leaves and a large number of purple flowers crowded along a green and purple flowering stem.