How to grow an orchid from a peduncle - three easy ways to get babies

Tell us how to grow an orchid from a peduncle? I gave my friend a very beautiful variety, I don't know the name, but its flowers are dark purple, almost black. How many then I tried to buy one for myself, I never saw anything like it in our stores. We decided with her that we would try to propagate the orchid ourselves. Phalaenopsis just faded a month ago, but the peduncle remained, green, there are no new buds on it. Can you get kids out of it, and how?

Gorgeous tropical beauties have long settled in our homes, moreover, flower growers have even learned to reproduce them themselves. For example, there are some simple ways to grow an orchid from a peduncle. In almost all cases, it still stands juicy and green for a long time, and sometimes even forms new buds. But what if, instead of buds, you force the orchid to awaken the bud, from where the baby will appear? If you try, it is quite possible to do it at home.

How to grow an orchid from a peduncle

There are three ways of reproduction of an orchid by children obtained from a peduncle:

• without separating the peduncle from the outlet;
• on a cut peduncle;
• by cutting a cut peduncle.

The success of the procedure depends on how long the orchid has bloomed. For reproduction, you should use a peduncle that has completed its flowering no later than 3 months ago. Naturally, it should be alive, green, and not dry. In addition, peduncle propagation is not very suitable for epiphytes that have only recently been acquired. Such flowers must be acclimatized to new conditions and nutrition.

Growing babies without separating from the mother plant

So that a bud wakes up instead of a bud on a peduncle, it is important to create suitable conditions for this. These are high air humidity and heat. You can get a greenhouse effect by wrapping the peduncle in places where sleeping buds are visible with sphagnum and film. Spraying an orchid will give good stimulation Heteroauxin.

There is another method: you should specially shorten the peduncle, stepping back from the bud 1.5 cm, and remove the integumentary scales from it. Then treat the sections with a hormonal preparation, for example, cytokinin paste, and wrap them in a bag.

Germination of children on a peduncle in a vase

After the last bud has faded, cut the peduncle and put in a vase. Add 0.5 tablets of succinic acid and activated carbon to the water. Then put the plastic bag completely over the vase and place it in a sunny place. Change the water in the vase twice a week, and ventilate the greenhouse itself. When the kids grow their roots, separate them.

It is convenient to use a plastic bottle instead of a vase, and when the baby grows up, just cut the container and take it out.

Peduncle cuttings

The method is quite easy and almost does not differ from the cuttings of plants with shoots. Only instead of a shoot, a cut peduncle is used. It should be cut into cuttings up to 4 cm long so that there is one dormant bud closer to the lower cut. Treat the sections with activated carbon.

It is better to root the cuttings in a special substrate for orchids, but in a small fraction. Spray it with a solution with the addition of a growth stimulant. Lay the cuttings horizontally, do not cover the top, and cover the container itself with glass or place in a bag. The wig should be well lit throughout the day (12 hours minimum).When a couple of leaves are formed on the children, they can be transplanted.

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