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What is happening to my orchid?
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Hello all,
Completely new to caring for orchids. Had this one for a few years now and all of a sudden it erupted two new heads so to speak. What is happening to my orchid? |
Keikis! Small plantlets/babies/offshoots that grow on flower stalks.
I'm not an expert, but I believe you should cut them and pot them. |
Should I cut the stalks off completely too?
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Cut stalk about 1/2" or less from base of each keiki. Pot up each keiki in medium of your preference.
I would also cut stalk down on mother plant and see how it recovers. Check medium on mother plant and see if it's broken down... if so, repot in fresh medium. |
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Cut off all stalk, don't cut any roots.
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Damn, those are some sexy looking leggies for a keiki.
They are little plants, clones of the mother plant. And yours look big enough to be repotted. |
What are those green projections coming out of them? Are those the new roots I’m supposed to put in the medium?
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Yes. Those are the roots. Please be careful with them. They could snap if you try to bend them too far. Perhaps you could look up a tutorial on Youtube on how to repot a phalaenopsis keiki. An image (or video) is worth a thousand words after all.
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