catasetum propagation by broken roots

[Lagoon]

Ya learn something new everyday - thats pretty friggin neat

[Merlyn]

Here's a pix of my root keiki now 4" tall !
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[Merlyn]

Here's an update one year later !!! It's now 9.5" tall and I've got it in s/h. Gonna be at least one ,ore year before a blooming !!

[isurus79]

This whole thread just blows my mind! lol Pretty cool that you can grow a new plant from just the roots. I would never have guessed....

[Merlyn]

Me neither ! Thought it was a weed !!

[catasetum-ian]

it is nice to see that your keiki had been growing so well Chryss. hope to see the bloom soon as well,
unfortunately mine did not made it, the keiki was rotted away due to some fungal/bacteria problem several months later after i posted this thread

[orchidsarefun]

anyone have any updates on this ?
I had a new growth suddenly appear alongside an older new growth, is this typical ?

[euplusia]

One of my Catasetums (not longifolium) once developed a root keiki. I was wondering and took pictures. But it stayed small and after a few weeks it died.

[catasetum-ian]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

anyone have any updates on this ?
I had a new growth suddenly appear alongside an older new growth, is this typical ?

good to see this thread resurface again.
first of all, the mother plant eventually flowered, and it is a x roseoalbum and not longifolium.
secondly, the root keiki did not make it, after a couple of months, it died due to some infection.

formation of root keiki is documented in the book World of Catasetums, but just briefly mentioned.


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the new growth is from the base of the PB? mine is emerging from else where distant from the PB, and since it is fresh media and i do not have any catasetum seeds existing in my garden that time. the best explanation is a root keiki.

[orchidsarefun]

I am sure it is from the pseudobulb, but a picture says it best. I wasn't aware that multiple growths can be sent up in one year and from a single bulb.