How to properly grow an orchid baby under a greenhouse?

Reproduction of orchids at home is not easy, but very exciting. Sometimes an orchid sprout appears on its own, but more often it is grown. Experienced florists know how to grow an orchid from a child, who will be happy to share their experience with you in this article.

How to get an orchid to grow

You can grow an orchid process in three ways: on a peduncle, from a cutting, or on the lower part of a flower. These processes are called babies. Usually Phalaenopsis babies are raised. To get a healthy, full-fledged baby, you should not take a plant that is too small, sick or weakened. To breed Phalaenopsis orchid babies, choose a sturdy flower with a good root system.

After the orchid has faded, the peduncle is shortened so that 1.5–2 cm remain above the “sleeping” bud. Remove the integumentary scales from the bud. When it is removed, a small "wound" is formed, which must be lubricated with cytokinin paste. The hormone cycotine, entering the "bloodstream" of the plant, enhances the growth of an additional bud. When a baby is grown on a peduncle, it is enough to lubricate 1-2 dormant buds. The kidney requires warmth and direct sunlight to wake up in the morning or evening. If there is insufficient humidity in the room, some florists recommend wrapping the bud in a plastic bag before pecking.

How to grow an orchid baby on a peduncle stem? You need to wait until the end of flowering and cut off the peduncle at the base. After that, cut it into several pieces of 3-4 cm. In the center of each cutting there should be a dormant bud, from which the integumentary scales are removed. It is processed as in the previous method. For an hour, the cuttings are weathered to form a film at the cut site, or they are sprinkled with crushed coal. After that, the stalk is placed in a glass of water, to which activated carbon has been added. Also, cut cuttings can be placed in a mini-greenhouse made of moist sphagnum moss. Ready-made greenhouses are on sale, but you can do it yourself.

The next way is to breed orchid babies on a hemp of a cut plant. For this purpose, plants are selected that require rejuvenation. A large flowering orchid with a good root system, at least 10 leaves, and which has risen strongly above the level of the pot, will do. After flowering stops, cut off only the top of the orchid (at least 4 leaves) with several air roots. The cut part is deposited, and the hemp is looked after as a normal adult plant. For raising children, high humidity and a temperature of 25-28 ° C are recommended.

How and when to separate the baby

With good care, the baby can appear on the stem or root of an adult orchid by itself. How to plant a Phalaenopsis baby? Phalaenopsis orchid babies are pruned after 5-6 months, when good roots sprout on them.An orchid with children requires careful care and feeding with nitrogen fertilizers. It is necessary to separate the shoot when 4–5 leaves have appeared on the baby, and the roots that have appeared have grown by 5 or more centimeters.

A baby can also form on the root of an orchid. Remove the top of the substrate and check the baby's roots. If they are well developed, then separation can be carried out. To do this, a spine is cut with a sterilized secateurs 1 cm from the baby. The cut offshoot is carefully removed from the pot and transplanted.

Required tools

Use sharp scissors or pruning shears to separate the baby. They should be sterilized with alcohol before use. You need to work with rubber gloves. To disinfect the cut, you need activated charcoal, and for transplanting, a ready-made substrate and a small transparent plastic pot.

How to grow and root roots

It often takes a long time to grow a baby with an orchid. It happens that children do not release roots for a long time. Experienced growers recommend giving the sprout the opportunity to grow roots, receiving nutrition from an adult plant. The process of growing roots in the ground is rather complicated and time-consuming.

Many experts do not recommend using additional root augmentation methods, but letting them form naturally. When a young plant struggles for existence in its natural environment, it adapts to habitat conditions and becomes stronger.

The transplant will require a transparent plastic container with holes in the bottom. The baby is placed in the center so that the root collar is flush with the edge of the container. The roots are evenly distributed throughout the entire volume and covered with a substrate. It's okay if some of the roots remain on top. The soil should not be strongly tamped so as not to damage the delicate roots. Water the planted plant after the substrate is completely dry. Do not water the plant immediately after transplanting. This should be done in 2-3 days, when the wounds on the sections will heal.

What if the orchid sprouts on the mother plant grow normally, but the roots do not want to appear? Then they need to be planted in a greenhouse. The baby with a part of the peduncle is cut off, and scales are removed from the base of the outlet. There, the rudiments of the roots become visible. Such a shoot cannot be planted in a substrate or moss. You need to germinate the roots in the air with high humidity and warmth. To create a greenhouse, you need to take a plastic cup in which small holes are made.

Expanded clay or pebbles are placed on the bottom, and moss moss on top. At a distance of 1.5–2 cm from the top of the glass, several holes are made to which the support is attached. The cut off process is laid on a support so that it hangs in the air and does not touch the base. The top of the glass is covered with a plastic bottle. The bottom of the bottle is cut off beforehand. The greenhouse is placed in a warm, well-lit place. Moss must be constantly moistened and aired a lot. After the baby has given roots 5–7 cm long, it can be planted in the ground.

Care features

For better growth of the transplanted baby, it is recommended to buy a greenhouse or florarium in advance. An orchid baby requires a humid environment and a temperature of at least 25 ° C. A young plant stays in a greenhouse for up to a year, and then is transplanted into the ground.

Then the baby is looked after as an ordinary orchid. First, the water is enriched with a growth stimulant and minerals. Now you know how to raise an orchid baby. With proper care, it will develop into an adult orchid in 3-4 years.

Video "Separation and planting of orchid babies"

From this video you will learn all about the reproduction of orchids, about the separation of plant babies and their planting.

Many orchid lovers interested in the question of how to breed them at home.

In order to get phalaenopsis babies at home, there is three breeding methods:

• Bottle seedlings (flask);
• Root baby;
• Reproduction on the buds of the peduncle.

With the help of children (lateral processes), you can quickly

grow orchids ... The main thing is to follow strictly the instructions.

In this article, you will learn what Phalaenopsis babies look like and how to care for them.

All about the children of the phalaenopsis orchid: what they look like, planting and care

It's no secret that it is very easy on the phalaenopsis peduncle raise "baby"... After the full flowering of the orchid, you should not immediately cut off the peduncle.

Flowering continues if from the "dormant" bud another peduncle grows (side). But with proper care, instead of a lateral peduncle, you can grow a baby or several processes.

If you keep the orchid under fluorescent lamps in order to keep it warm, then on healthy peduncles several children grow up.

You can see the orchid babies from the trunk in the photo.

With the right lighting and nutrition, orchid babies grow healthy.

But for such a healthy flower, you still need proper lighting and nutrition... It takes a long time to grow a baby orchid.

The baby is separated from the mother plant after about 6 months. Primarily in a small plant leaves grow.

After fully formed leaves in young phalaenopsis roots begin to grow... First of all, spherical neoplasms begin to form at the base of the baby.

But this is not enough to transplant a young plant from the "mother". In a young plant several roots must grow at least 4-6 cm long.

Conditions

Orchid lovers many times they ask the question whether it is possible to breed it at home, and also what conditions are needed for this? With proper care and rooting of cuttings, the result will not be long in coming.

In order to speed up the result, you need to know the basic rules of plant care. First of all, it is necessary provide sunlight a placewhere the plant will be.

Important! Do not forget that the plant should not be completely exposed to direct sunlight, but only by leaves. Temperature control also affects the rooting of phalaenopsis baby cuttings. It is not recommended to fill the flower.

Requirements for the conditions for orchid reproduction:

• Temperature conditions. In the summer season from + 210C to + 310C. In winter, + 160C - + 270C. There are critical deviations from + 130C to + 330C. It is not advisable to allow both a lower and an upper critical threshold;
• Humidity. According to the standard, it should be equal to 50%. It is possible to spray and make an outdoor shower only if the temperature regime is violated. The flower "bath" is allowed only a few times a week. In winter, water procedures for the plant are contraindicated;
• Recommended short rest between flowering;
• Most often the process flowering can be observed in winter or spring... Sometimes there are phalaenopsis, which bloom all year round, taking a short break for rest. In order for the flower to bloom, it is necessary to adhere to a temperature regime of + 190C at night, and + 270C during the day;
• Indirect illumination. The plant is not bulkhead in lighting, but in order for it to bloom in winter, it is necessary to give it additional light.

Correct pruning

In order for the orchid to devote all its strength to growing new shoots, it is necessary cut off dried and withered parts.

If you cut the phalaenopsis during flowering, then you can ruin the flower.

During peduncle formation the plant should not be disturbed generally.

Florists brought out everything two safe ways correct circumcision phalaenopsis peduncle:

• It is necessary to shorten the peduncle 2 cm above the sleeping bud;
• Leave a trimmed stump with a height of 3 - 3.5 cm.

Important! When cutting the peduncle on top of the dormant bud, you should be careful not to hurt the young stems.In this case, Phalaenopsis will have to spend additional energy on the development of new stems.

At home, the orchid should be cut garden pruner... It is not recommended to use scissors and a knife, as you can harm the plant.

Before pruning an orchid, it is necessary to disinfect the instrument.

If burrs remain on orchids or leaves are damaged, then maybe develop an infectious disease.

Before starting the circumcision procedure, you should disinfect the prunerIt is best to do this with a solution of bleach, boiling water or alcohol.

At the end, the sections are treated with brilliant green, iodine, cinnamon or crushed activated carbon.

There are phalaenopsis with a hollow stem inside. During watering, water and an orchid flow there. may start to rot from the inside... In order to avoid such a situation you need to close the slice beeswax.

How long do babies live on Phalaenopsis?

The period of growth and development of children on the maternal phalaenopsis reaches six months.

This period is given so that they grow leaves, roots and gain strength for an independent life.

Transplant baby into the ground after its roots reach 5 - 6 cm.

Stimulating the emergence of roots

Some orchid babies do not give roots, in such situations, plant lovers are interested in the question of how to deal with this problem.

First of all, it is necessary take sphagnum moss, strong thread and cling film.

In order for the moss to swell, it is necessary soak in water for 30 minutes.

We make a nest from the moss obtained, which is attached with a thread to the peduncle with the baby. You need to fix it so that it does not disintegrate.

In order for the orchid not to overturn and the baby from the peduncle does not break off, the "nest" from the moss can be additionally attach with a stick with clips.

To create greenhouse effect in a dry room, The moss nest is additionally wrapped with cling film.

Important! When wrapping with cling film, remember that the plant must be ventilated every day.

"Nest" from the moss is sprayed with water every day. To stimulate root growth in the spray water added "Kornevin".

Features of formation

Children on orchids - this is not an oddity, but a fairly common phenomenon.

Do not follow immediately after flowering cut a peduncle... Over time, with proper nutrition and lighting, either a lateral peduncle grows out of it or a baby is formed.

For the development of a lateral baby it takes more than one month.

Exist three types of breeding orchids:

• Children at the root;
• Stem;
• Children on a peduncle.

The most common type of reproduction is stem.

Reproduction by children at home is the most popular among orchid lovers. The bottom line is that kids on orchids appear in different parts of it, between the leaves, on the trunks and on the peduncle.

Some sources say that the orchid gives offspring, just before its death. On the one hand, this is true, but only in those cases when baby is formed on the trunk... Such situations can be observed only in those cases when the top or trunk of the orchid dies.

With the formation of offspring on a dying plant, reproduction takes place due to division and the formation of new cells, and not from a dormant flower bud.

Not recommended use hormonal paste for artificially provoking the development of stem babies.

Even with the education of a little kid its further growth cannot be provoked hormonal paste, as it won't help.

Orchid stem offspring, after her injury, does not give roots. Such a plant should be fertilized and given the most usual care.

Such an orchid can even transplant into a large pot together with the baby. Phalaenopsis can even bloom with its offspring.

Care

At home when caring for phalaenopsis watering, lighting, humidity, temperature and fertilization are very important:

• Orchids are not very demanding on lighting. Indoors, it is not recommended to put the orchid on the south side. Otherwise, burns will appear on the leaves of phalaenopsis;
• Apartment orchids not very demanding on humidity, unlike those plants that grow in nature. The plant should be "bathed" or watered only if the air temperature is very high, especially in summer. It is not recommended to place plant pots near heaters or over central heating radiators;
• For phalaenopsis, temperature is very important. In the cold period of time (in winter), it is necessary to remove the plants from the windowsills and put them in a warmer place. Do not allow cold air to enter the plant;
• Orchids don't need to be fertilized often, they take useful substances from sphagnum and decaying bark. In many specialized stores, you can find fertilizers for phalaenopsis, which must be purchased from time to time for the plant.

Important! If you purchase conventional fertilizers for all types of plants, then before using on orchids, you must reduce the concentration by half. Before using fertilizer for an orchid, it must be watered. This is done so that the phalaenopsis root system does not get burned.

How to properly separate the offspring from the mother plant?

Exist a range of recommendations to separate the baby from the mother plant.

Recommendations:

• It is necessary to cut the peduncle clean and sterilized scissors or a garden pruner. In this case, you need to leave a gap of 1.5 cm on the sides of the plant;
• Slices must be sprinkled crushed activated carbon, cinnamon or iodine;
• Slices should rest and dry within a few days. Then a small pot is taken with a special substrate for growing young plants or children. Observe the development of leaves on a young plant. If the leaves are lost, this is a sign that the root system is not strong enough to support the life of the entire plant and they do not have enough moisture.

Department of children

From the peduncle

First of all the material is being prepared for transplant:

• Small pieces of bark;
• Sphagnum;
• Small transparent plastic pot;
• Garden pruner;
• Activated carbon or cinnamon.

Technology:

• Necessary cut baby from the maternal peduncle with a gap (1.5 cm);
• Time is given in half an hour to dry all cut points, and only after that they are treated with cinnamon or activated carbon;
• Take plastic transparent dishes, in which drain holes are made for draining water;
• When placing a young orchid in a pot, you must look to ensure thatroot system was just above the edge of the dish;
• Holding the phalaenopsis by the neck fill the pot with soil (small bark);
• Not recommended tamp the substrate... You just need to knock on the edges of the pot;
• Water the orchid can be done in a few days.

From the roots

In order to see how the root system develops in the offspring of an orchid, it is necessary just raise the substrate.

If the child has own root system, then it is carefully cut off from an adult orchid and transplanted into a separate pot.

From the stem

Baby on a mother's stalkdoes not let go of its own roots, it feeds on an adult orchid and its common stem. In no case should such offspring be separated from the mother orchid.

Most often, the basal offspring appear exactly in those places where the point of growth dies off mother orchids.

It is recommended to just wait until adult orchid will dry up and only a little baby will remain in the pot.

While the baby orchid is without roots, it cannot be placed in the soil.

No roots

There are situations when the offspring on the mother-orchid actively developing, grows, and sometimes even blooms, but does not want to give roots.

Many growers ask themselves the question: what to do in such a situation? How in such a situation is the process to be deposited?

The answer to these questions is very simple: need to root in greenhouse conditions. The shoot with a part of the peduncle is cut off with a secateurs.

With a blooming peduncle after circumcision, it is removed.

Root system buds can be seen if the covering scales are hidden from the outlet. It is still impossible to plant a young plant in the ground, since it will not receive a sufficient amount of moisture, due to the lack of roots.

The roots of such children grown in the air... It is necessary to make the air humid and warm.

Baby care at home after transplant

After the offspring is transplanted from the mother-orchid, after him you need to properly care.

Active growth and development begins in a healthy and strong sprout, so you need to know how to properly care for a young flower.

In some shoots, leaves may die, but this is not a reason for frustration, since new ones will grow from the shoots.

If the sprout turns out to be weak for him it is necessary to create greenhouse conditions.

You can either buy it in a special store or do it yourself.

The main conditions for such greenhouses are high temperature conditions and humidity.

Humidity should be moderate.

It is not recommended to fill the plant, as the root system will start to rot.

A properly selected watering regime contributes to active development and strengthening of the root system.

It is also necessary to control the flow of fresh air.

Phalaenopsis diseases

Orchid diseases:

• Lack of plant growth;
• Withering leaves;
• Dry root system;
• The roots start to rot;
• Long absence of flowering of the plant;
• Leaf burns or brown spots;
• Ticks and scale insects.

When the baby blooms: the beginning of flowering

There is no unequivocal answer to this question.

All home orchids parting with their children bloom with a different period, ranging from six months and ending with two.

When planting the offspring of a hybrid orchid, you can expect it to bloom within three years.

Orchid nature-grown blooms from 3-5 years.

Useful video

Watch the video on how to separate the phalaenopsis orchid baby from the peduncle:

Find out in the video how to properly care for an orchid baby:

Video instruction on how to raise a baby on an old peduncle:

Watch the video, the beginning of the flowering of the orchid babies:

After studying the article, you can easily grow orchid babies at home.

Separating the baby from the mother plant is one of the easiest ways to propagate an orchid. But remember that while a baby orchid is without roots, it cannot be placed in the soil, since it will not be able to receive nutrients on its own. The roots should be no shorter than 5 cm, and about 3-4 leaves on the stem. It is not necessary to delay the transplant too much, otherwise the roots may grow back and it will be much more difficult to separate them without damaging them. You need to separate the baby with a very sharp knife. Leave about 1 cm on each side of the baby. Sprinkle cinnamon or crushed activated charcoal over the areas where you cut to kill any infection that may have gotten there.

You need to transplant the baby into a small container. A simple plastic cup is perfect. Don't forget to drain well. Thanks to him, you can not worry that the roots will rot. You need to place the plant in the center of the pot, carefully sprinkling the roots with earth. It is not necessary to tamp the earth so as not to harm the delicate roots. The first time you need to water it 4 days after planting. At first, the planted shoots are best kept in a room with high humidity. It is recommended to buy soil specifically for orchids in specialized stores. If this is not possible, then you can cook it yourself.A mixture of peat and shredded bark is ideal. Such a substrate perfectly absorbs moisture, which will protect the flower from root rotting. In such greenhouse conditions, small orchids should be left for about 1 year. After that, feel free to repot and take care of them like adult plants. In 2-3 years you will receive a full-fledged plant that will delight your eye with beautiful exotic flowers.

To separate the orchid baby from the roots, you need to remove the top layer of the earth and see if the baby has its own root system. If you find it, then, as in the previous case, you need to carefully separate it from the mother's roots with a knife and carefully transplant it into your own pot.

Sometimes it happens that babies form on the stem of a flower. In no case can they be separated, since they do not have their own roots and are completely dependent on the mother orchid. They will not survive on their own.

Tips on how to grow an orchid baby

Your flower will only reproduce if it is properly cared for: enough light, proper watering, and enough nutrients. Is it possible to raise a baby on your own is a rather controversial issue. Changes in night and day temperatures are very useful when raising children. But remember that it should not fall below 15 degrees and rise above 30 degrees. The humidity should be as high as possible, spray the orchid every day. It is better to choose a pot of small size, made of natural materials, for example, clay. This capacity allows the roots to breathe well. Observing these rules, the orchid should start to let the children go.

Some growers use special hormonal agents that stimulate the growth of a dormant bud on the peduncle. Before applying them, you need to open the dormant buds. You need to apply more than once, otherwise you just get a side branch of the flower. The minimum number of applications ranges from 3 to 5 times. It is very important that the air temperature in the room is not lower than 28 degrees, and it is better to place the flower in the greenhouse altogether. After applying this product, children can form in 2-3 months. But there are no guarantees. At the site of application of this hormonal agent, new leaves, flowers may appear, and in some cases nothing happens at all. But many growers who have used this method speak well of it and recommend it. But you must not forget that raising babies has a very negative effect on the mother plant, sucking out literally all the juices from it. Therefore, if you started growing, do not forget to fertilize your flower well and treat it with even more trepidation.

How can you stimulate the development of children

Several conditions can be distinguished that contribute to the formation of children in a plant. These include high temperature, fertilizers with a high percentage of nitrogen. In specialized stores, you can buy the meristem - this is the material for the formation of new parts of the plant. This method helps to obtain the formation of new children from the orchid in a not too long time.

Tell me how to transplant an orchid correctly? My beauty has been living with me for two years and during this time she has grown a lot - the bush falls straight out of the pot, and long aerial roots are spreading in all directions. I want to change her flowerpot, but I'm afraid to harm. Help with advice, please.

All indoor flowers need periodic replanting, and the orchid is no exception. Time passes, and the small bush grows, it becomes cramped in the old flowerpot, moreover, after a year or two, the substrate can no longer provide the epiphyte with food, despite the feeding. If you do not change the ground for a flower and increase the space for development, it begins to ache and wither. How to transplant an orchid correctly and when is it better to do it?

Transfer time

It is best to replant orchids in the spring, when growth processes are activated. The orchid tolerates spring transplantation most easily and quickly adapts to new conditions.

However, it often happens that there is no way to wait for spring, and in order to save a flower, you have to disturb it in autumn or winter. The fact that the orchid needs an urgent transplant is evidenced by the following signs:

• the appearance of mold on the surface of the substrate;
• wilting of the bush;
• rotting leaves or roots.

In such cases, waiting is fraught with consequences and there is no point in waiting for the spring period.

If there is an urgent need to transplant a flowering orchid, then a couple of days before the procedure, the peduncle should be cut off - the plant will need all its strength to restore, but he will only take them away and there is a risk of losing the plant.

Orchid transplant step by step

In the process of growth, the root system of the orchid tightly intertwines fragments of the bark, therefore, the procedure must be carried out very carefully and consistently, namely:

1. Grasping the outlet with your fingers, remove the bush from the flowerpot along with the soil. If you cannot do this at once, you can walk around the plastic container, squeezing it with your hands. Otherwise, the flowerpot will have to be cut or donated several roots if the pot is dense.
2. Rinse all the roots under the tap, freeing them from the remnants of the bark - so you can get rid of the old soil, and the condition of the roots will be clearly visible.
3. With the help of scissors, cut off all thread-like and slippery roots - the first have already dried up, and the second have rotted, and there will be no benefit from them. If the spine is half rotten, cut off only the damaged part. Only healthy roots should remain - firm and green.
4. Dry and yellowed lower leaves must also be removed. To do this, cut the sheet lengthwise into two parts and carefully unscrew each.
5. In order to prevent the roots, rinse in a solution of potassium permanganate.
6. Sprinkle all sections with crushed activated carbon.
7. Leave the orchid for 6-8 hours to dry well.
8. When the bush is dry, pour a little drainage on the bottom of the flowerpot and set the orchid in the center. It remains only to fill the roots with fresh substrate, carefully distributing it between them with a stick. It is not necessary to tamp the bark, so as not to damage the flower - over time, it will take a "comfortable position", and if necessary, soil can be added.

When transplanting an orchid with a large number of aerial roots, some of them can be placed in a pot, especially if the main root system has been severely damaged and cut off, but there is no need to shove them all into a flowerpot.

The transplanted bush for the first two weeks should be placed in a shady and cool place (no more than 20 degrees Celsius). The first watering can be carried out no earlier than 5 days after the procedure, using the immersion method.

Video instruction for transplanting an orchid