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These orchids grow flower spikes, leaves, and aerial roots from a single growth point on that stem. Phalaenopsis, or moth orchids , fall into this category, as do vanda orchids.
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.
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.
At this point, it can be carefully removed with a sharp knife and planted in its own pot. Keikis are cut below and above the stem, leaving a small piece of stem on the baby plant. Some species orchids like Phalaenopsis pulchra frequently produce keikis, which flower while still attached to the mother plant.
This sympodial reed-stemmed Epidendrum displays a pseudomonopodial habit: an individual stem (to 4 mm in diameter) will grow continuously at the tip for some time, before producing a bloom spike. Nevertheless, the flowers come from the top of the stem (halting its upward growth), and new stems start from buds at the base of the old stems, thus ...
Rhynchostylis retusa (also called foxtail orchid) is an orchid, belonging to the Vanda alliance. The inflorescence is a pendant raceme, consisting of more than 100 pink-spotted white flowers. The plant has a short, stout, creeping stem carrying up to 12, curved, fleshy, deeply channeled, keeled, retuse apically leaves and blooms on an axillary ...
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Bartholina burmanniana was one of the earliest of the Cape orchids to be described in published works reputedly due to its unusual beauty. [3] Bartholina is dwarf genus, with B. burmanniana reaching up to between 50-220mm tall. It is a terrestrial orchid, with a single or double root-stem tuberoid, 9-12x 5-8mm, which is replaced annually. [4]