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.


Laelia purpurata 'werkhauseri' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata var. russelliana 'Brusque' x 'Anja'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata var. russelliana 'Schmidt' x 'Holderbaum'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata werkhauseri 'Brusque'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata werkhauseri striata 'Donna Hilda'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia superbiens 'Anja' x 'Tuakau'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia x fidelensis
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Laeliocattleya Cariad's Mini Queenie 'Angel Kiss' (Jgpf., Importpflanze)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Leptotes bicolor (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Mehrgattungs-Hybride (Jungpfl.)
- flower season: in 1 - 1 1/2 years
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltassia Toscana (Jungpfl.)
- flower season: in 1 - 1 1/2 years
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltonia spectabilis 'alba'
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Miltonia Sunset Hybride (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Miltonidium Dr. Peter Komp (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Myrmecophilia thomsoniana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Odontioda Quedlinburg (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontioda Stirbic (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontobrassia Billabong 'Celle' (Jungpfl.)
- flower season: in 1 - 1 1/2 years
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontocidium Hansueli Isler (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontocidium Remember Burkhard Holm (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontocidium Tiger Barb (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontoglossum crocidipterum x naevium (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum Nippon (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum Zebra (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium Compact 'Joost' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Oncidium hyphaematicum
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Oncidium Kathrin Zoch (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium phymatochilum
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Oncidium Pure Yellow (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium Sweet Sugar (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Oncidium Tiny Twinkle 'Fragrance Fantasy' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium Tiny Twinkle 'Gold Dust' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Paphiopedilum barbatum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Paphiopedilum callosum 'potentianum' (Jgpfl)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum charlesworthii alba -In Vitro- (20-25 Pflanzen in sterilem Glas)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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