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AAYLLAA 10-21-2018 08:15 AM

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?

Bulbopedilum 10-21-2018 10:25 AM

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.

AAYLLAA 10-21-2018 10:57 AM

Should I cut the stalks off completely too?

WaterWitchin 10-21-2018 11:05 AM

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.

AAYLLAA 10-21-2018 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin (Post 885564)
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.

What about the two shoots going out of each keiki?

WaterWitchin 10-21-2018 11:47 AM

Cut off all stalk, don't cut any roots.

SillyKeiki 10-21-2018 02:39 PM

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.

AAYLLAA 10-21-2018 02:41 PM

What are those green projections coming out of them? Are those the new roots I’m supposed to put in the medium?

SillyKeiki 10-21-2018 02:56 PM

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.

AAYLLAA 10-21-2018 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SillyKeiki (Post 885589)
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.

Great idea! Thanks!


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