Seedlings

When orchids get childs
When orchids make offshoots, they are called childs. They form unexpectedly where one would have expected a new flower. This is relatively common with Dendrobium kingianum and Phalaenopsis.
Other kinds sometimes form a kindel when the mother plant is very weak or overfertilized to ensure the continuity of its species. The genotype of the offspring corresponds to that of the mother, it is a clone. In a new pot it can grow to a beautiful new plant, which has the same characteristics as the beloved mother plant.
Tips for raising the orchid seedlings
First, the child is supplied by the pedicel of the mother plant. Once it has at least two leaves and several roots of about three to five centimeters in length, it is ready to be separated from the mother plant and can provide for itself.
With a clean sharp knife you separate the child and plant it in a small pot of six to eight centimeters in diameter. It does not tolerate strong sunlight yet. The small orchid thrives best in fine-grained substrate in a warm, shady spot.


Acacallis Rhein Blue 'Angel' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cattleya Binosa 'Wabush Valley' AM/AOS (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya Durigan 'Hercules'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'tigrina'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'alba' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Chrystallina'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Memoria My Amelie' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'rubra'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya maxima 'alba' x 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya maxima (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya Pastoral 'Innocence' x percivaliana 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Colmanara Alkmaar (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Encyclia cochleatum x prismatocarpum (Jgpfl., frisch getopft)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia superbiens 'Anja' x 'Tuakau'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Miltonidium Dr. Peter Komp (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontioda Quedlinburg (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontoglossum Nippon (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Paphiopedilum fairrieanum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum gratrixianum var. christensonianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.) - 3er Sparset
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum platiphyllum x supardii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum primulinum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum primulinum (Jgpfl.) -Sparset
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum randsii x P. supardii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis tetraspis 'Red'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Rhynchostylis gigantea (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Rossioglossum grande x insleayi
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Wilsonara Inferno (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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