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 child
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.
Cattleya warneri 'concolor'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warneri var. coerulea 'Herrenhausen'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warszewiczii
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cattleya warszewiczii 'alba'
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cattleya x guatemalensis 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Christensonia vietnamica
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Coelogyne flexuosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne usitana x merillii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne velutina
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium amabile
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium spectabile
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium tortile
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Epicattleya Black Comet Jungpflanzen - Sparset
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Jungpflanzen Spar-Paket (5 Stück)
- flower season: in 1 - 1 1/2 years
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia grandis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia lobata var. alba 'Schneeweißchen'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia lundii 'alba' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia Nemesis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia perrinii (Jgpf.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Laelia purpurata 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia purpurata 'carnea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia purpurata 'tipo rosada'
- 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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Paphiopedilum callosum 'potentianum' (Jgpfl)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum delenatii 'alba' x P. tonsum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum Erika Potent
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.) - Sparset
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Ho Chi Minh
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum leucochilum 'Black'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Nathaniel's Clarity
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum Norito Hasegawa x P. delenatii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Shun-Fa Golden
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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