Orchid on the windowsill - a true decoration of any home. But beauty does not happen much. And when there are kids on the orchid - this is a great success for the florist.
After 3 - 4 years from the kids grow a mature plant, which will add an atmosphere of comfort in the apartment. How to take a scion and how to grow it is detailed in this article.
How to wake up sleeping buds?
Babies are new miniature plants with their roots and leaves.. Most often, kids orchids appear by themselves. In those cases when you want new seedlings, and an adult plant does not give them, artificial stimulation is required. To do this, you can use the hormone cytokinin paste. It helps to awaken the sleeping buds of the orchid and forms the formation of shoots.
It is necessary to perform the following agrotechnical measures:
- gently open the upper and lower dormant buds on the peduncle, removing the scales with tweezers (toothpick);
- put a small amount of paste on the kidney with a cotton swab;
- the procedure is carried out in early spring;
- provide comfortable temperature conditions (+27 - 30 ° С);
- Spray the treated areas regularly to prevent the paste from drying.
Important: it is possible to process with cytokinin paste no more than three dormant buds. Stimulate the growth of children is recommended only on a healthy plant, which is 3 years or more.
Usually babies appear within two to three weeks after it.
We offer to watch a video on how to wake up sleeping buds on an orchid:
Negative effects for the flower
The appearance of children on the orchid is an important part of the life of a flower. Their appearance may have a different location:
- kids at the root;
- stem babes;
- kids on the flower stalk.
If the baby is formed on the trunk, it can lead to the death of an adult plant.. In this case, the formation of offspring is due to the division and formation of new cells, and not from a sleeping flower bud. Subsequently, this leads to the death of the plant.
With the appearance of stem children can not provoke its further growth. Stem offspring of an orchid after its injury does not give roots. Such a plant should be fertilized and given the most ordinary care. In the future, the plant may even bloom with offspring.
In other cases, the presence of children on the orchid is safe for her. Need to remember that the emergence of new shoots depletes the resources of the plant, so care for the flower must be strengthened.
How to make an escape and grow it?
To have a baby on the orchid, she needs to create the following conditions:
- provide plenty of sunshine;
- constant night and daytime temperatures are above + 25 ° С;
- trim the peduncle to the level of the first dormant bud.
After the orchid has given the baby, its development on the mother plant continues for half a year. During this time, the scion grows 5-6 sheets and its own root system. After the size of the roots reaches 5 cm babe orchids are deposited in a separate pot.
How to grow at home: step by step instructions
To achieve that the orchid has given a process, and then to take it for planting is simple enough, but how exactly should this be done so as not to ruin both flowers? There are a number of conditions that must be met for a guaranteed result.
Training
To get the orchid babies after it blooms, it is necessary to shorten the peduncle to the top sleeping bud a couple of centimeters above it.
Watering
Orchid is a tropical plant. For its normal functioning, it is necessary to monitor the humidity of the substrate and water it as needed. In the winter and autumn periods, it is enough to water the flower once a week.. In summer and spring, the frequency of irrigation is increased to 2 - 3 times a week.
For irrigation use separated water at room temperature. In the hot season it is important to organize a warm shower. To do this, put the pot with the plant in the bathroom and pour it on top with warm water from the shower for 5-7 minutes. Such a simple procedure contributes to the appearance of children.
Fertilizer
As fertilizers use soluble mineral dressings. In such complexes all vitamins and microelements are maximally balanced.
Fertilizers should be used strictly according to the recommendation and scheme prescribed in the instructions.. After blooming most of the buds, you should start feeding the orchid once a week. After the flowering stops, the flower is fed for another week. Then do not disturb and do not feed the plant for two weeks.
Mandatory conditions
The process of formation and growth of orchid babies is actively carried out under the following conditions.
Air and water temperature
The ideal temperature for growing - + 27 - 30 ° C. But often in ideal conditions the orchid does not bloom and does not give children. In this case, it is necessary to ensure the temperature difference: at night + 15 ° С, in the daytime + 30 ° С
Water temperature for irrigation should be higher than air temperature. In such conditions, the highest probability of awakening the sleeping flower buds.
Humidity
Sufficient moisture is a prerequisite for the appearance of babies.. The best results can be obtained by increasing the humidity to 70 - 80%.
It is possible to create such humidity in a specially equipped greenhouse with lighting.
In this case, it is important to regularly air the greenhouse, as the risk of bacterial and fungal infections increases in humid air.
Pot
Orchid tank should be transparent, optimal size and with drainage system.
When to wait for the result?
The formation of babies is influenced by many restraining factors:
- ambient temperature;
- proper care;
- individual features of the plant.
But usually, if all the conditions are met and the necessary stimulating actions, the children appear in 3 - 4 weeks.
When to drop?
The time of growth and development of children on the mother is half a year.. During this period, a scion is formed, leaves and roots grow, and it gains strength for independent living.
Babe transplanted into the ground can be after its roots reach 5 - 6 cm.
Possible problems and solutions
- Long absence of babies. If a healthy plant does not have children for a long period, it is necessary to reconsider the environmental conditions and ensure proper care, or, on the contrary, try to create a stressful situation.
The young process does not release the roots for a long time.. Scion does not always give roots. For their appearance hold the following events:- take sphagnum moss, durable thread and cling film;
- moss is soaked in water for 30 minutes for swelling;
- a nest is formed of moss, which is attached to a peduncle with a baby with the help of a thread;
- wrapping the nest with cling film to achieve the greenhouse effect.
- Babies appear on a sick orchid. When such a problem in the first place cut off the peduncle and put in the water with activated carbon. After withering stalks, young plants are transplanted to the moss.
The young process does not release the roots for a long time.. Scion does not always give roots. For their appearance hold the following events:Some experienced growers do not recommend increasing the roots with special methods, but advise them to wait for their natural appearance.
Rooting and care
As long as the baby is on the mother plant, it exists at its expense and receives both all the necessary substances and the optimal amount of moisture. Special care babe orchids at this time does not require. Proper care is done for the orchid-mom. After separation of the process from an adult plant, it must be rooted. There are two ways of rooting:
- You can root the baby with a small greenhouse.
- as a small container take a plastic cup;
- a small layer of drainage is placed on the bottom of the tank, above - boiled and chopped pine bark;
- put a baby in such a substrate and cover with a lid;
- the contents of the cup are daily moistened and ventilated to prevent the formation of condensate;
- Another way of rooting - air.
- in a plastic cup they make several drainage holes and fill it with prepared ingredients;
- well disinfected drainage is laid on the bottom, and wet moss is on top;
- in the upper part of the glass they establish a horizontal support on which the child is placed so that it hangs in the air and does not touch the moss;
- from above it is covered with another glass of a larger volume, and moss is regularly moistened and aired daily;
- after rooting, the process must be transplanted into a pot;
- a drainage is placed on its bottom (for example, pebbles), on top of which pine bark is poured and a baby is laid;
- then it is filled with a mixture of coal, moss, bark and peat;
- watering a young plant can not be immediately after planting, but only after 2 - 3 days;
- further care of it is no different from the care of an adult orchid.
We offer to watch a video about rooting babies orchids:
It is possible to grow a chic adult plant from a kid in 3 - 4 years if all the rules and recommendations are followed. Instead of one plant, you can eventually grow an entire plantation that will delight and inspire.
