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.
Bifrenaria harrisoniae 'alba' x Lycaste Spring Scene
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- 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 intermedia 'aquinii'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya intermedia 'flamea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya mossiae 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya porphyroglossa (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne assamica
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium Cobber x Australian Rhubarb Pie
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium crepidatum
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium lawesii
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Laelia milleri x lucasiana (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum crocidipterum x naevium (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum dianthum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- 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 gratrixianum var. daoense (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 purpuratum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum spicerianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum tranlineanum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Vinicolor 'Schwarze Madonna' x purpuratum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum wardii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Restrepia trichoglossa (striata)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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