Orchid peduncle: causes of diseases and methods of dealing with them

What to do for an orchid to release several peduncles at the same time

At the same time, the flower can form 2-3 peduncles. Young animals often have one stem, and even if you try, it will not give more branches. Three stems can appear in an adult plant, which has 9-10 leaves in a rosette and in some orchid varieties that can shoot 4-6 arrows at a time.

For any orchid, flower stalks in the amount of three or more at once are a great exhaustion and shock. The energy is spent on the formation of stems, on the appearance of buds and on the blooming of beautiful flowers. After abundant flowering, the flower needs peace and good care.

Broken arrow

If a broken peduncle is found in a plant, or its tip, the place of the fracture is examined. There is no point in leaving the arrow hanging on one skin, it will dry out in any case. Closing the wound with tape or plaster does not bring results. The broken off part is removed in any situation. But, there are features of pruning, depending on the location of damage.

If an orchid has a broken peduncle, but there is a living bud below the damage, then most likely it will wake up and the plant will release a new arrow from this bud. After all, the phalaenopsis has already tuned in to bloom. It will be more modest, but it will still delight the owner. It is quite another matter when the peduncle broke off at the very base. In this case, the arrow is cut off completely, it will still dry out, and the grower will have to wait for the orchid to release a new shoot.

Orchid growers believe that damaging the arrow and removing it does not harm the plant and does not affect its further development. You can even see some benefit in this. When removing the broken off arrow, the owner stimulates the flower to eject a stronger peduncle.

Attention! If signs of any disease are found in an orchid, flowering is stopped artificially so that the plant has the strength to recover.

Pruning

Peduncle pruning is performed with a sharp sterilized instrument in the following cases:

1. Its damage. When the peduncle breaks, it is cut off with a sharp, susceptible instrument just above the first living bud or at the base if the arrow breaks at the very bottom. Sprinkle the place of the cut with dry cinnamon, finely ground activated or charcoal.
2. When the peduncle has faded. In this situation, the cut is made over the first living kidney, rising upward by 1 cm.
3. The arrow began to turn yellow and dry from above. The plant in this way shows that it does not need a peduncle. Pruning is carried out over the lowest living kidney. After resting, the orchid will give a new shoot from this bud for flowering.

Blooming branch break

Newbies facing the problem of a broken arrow for the first time don't know what to do. If an orchid has a broken peduncle with blossoming flowers or swollen buds, it is cut off with a sharp clerical knife or a special device and placed in water. An arrow with blossoming flowers can delight the owner for 2 weeks to several months. And the best way to avoid breaking a flowering branch is to tie it to a support.

Orchid restoration

After damage and removal of the peduncle, the orchid needs a certain time to recover, which can last from 2 months to 6. Most often, the recovery period is painless, and the orchid gives a new shoot with buds. But the owner needs to provide the green pet:

• suitable temperature regime;
• lighting;
• air humidity.

Fading kidney and growth stimulant

Sometimes orchid growers run into another problem and don't know what to do. The orchid has a partially broken peduncle, 1 or 2 buds remain, but they do not dry out and do not develop. Cytokinin paste is used to awaken them. In order not to destroy the kidney, but to give impetus to its development, they do the following actions:

A toothpick or needle is treated with alcohol

The scales that cover the kidney are carefully folded back. Apply a drop of paste to a toothpick and cover the surface of the kidney with it

Provide a difference between night and day temperatures of 2-3 degrees. When two shoots appear from the bud, one is removed, and the cut is sprinkled with crushed activated carbon.

Attention! Different amounts of paste used will give different results. An increase in the stimulant can give rise to offshoots - children or lead to a drying out of the kidney.

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What to do after flowering?

It will be clear to leave or remove the peduncle after inspection:

1. If the stem is dry, cut it off at the base.
2. We cut a green peduncle, but with a dried point of growth, a little higher than the first living bud.
3. The green peduncle, without signs of drying, is left unchanged. After a dormant period, blooming buds will reappear on it.

It is not difficult to grow a beautiful and healthy peduncle. You need to know the basic rules of care, inspect daily and act promptly if problems arise. With an irresistible desire to decorate your home with an orchid, it is better to choose phalaenopsis. This is an unpretentious look that is less of a hassle for a beginner. Its appearance makes it easy to tell when help is needed.

Experiment with its location in the house, and the orchid will happily respond to your concern and will thank you with exuberant flowering, several peduncles at once. After the first success, you will definitely have a desire to acquire new orchid specimens, other flowers and shapes, because it is even more interesting to grow more exotic species.

Care features

It depends on the care provided whether the phalaenopsis will bloom or will delight only with green foliage.

For proper and abundant flowering, you need:

1. Adequate lighting if the orchid has a peduncle. During the dormant period, namely in autumn or winter, the plant will have enough natural light from the window. The only condition is that the window must face the south side. In other cases, additional lighting with a phytolamp is required. Daylight hours for a phalaenopsis that has an escape should be at least 12 hours.
2. When a peduncle appears in an orchid, the optimal moisture regime is important. Phalaenopsis needs moisture during flowering. An apartment with central heating lacks it. For this purpose, it is recommended to use a humidifier. Watering is carried out as the soil dries up in the pot.

Orchid care is divided into 2 periods. For the orchid to shoot an arrow:

1. Diffused lighting is required. From the beginning of April, the flower must be removed from the window to protect it from sunburn.
2. Provide fresh air supply (avoid drafts).
3. Maintain humidity level within 80%.
4. Top dressing must be carried out with fertilizers labeled "For orchids" Others can harm the plant.

During the period of peduncle growth:

1. Reduce watering mode as soon as arrow development starts. Water the orchid once every 5 days.
2. Features of the influence of dressings on the flower arrow. With the appearance of a flowering shoot, feeding should be reduced. And when the buds are formed, stop altogether. Top dressing can shorten the flowering period.
3. Lighting and temperature. When forming an arrow in autumn or winter, the flower must be placed on a window on the south side. If this is not possible, then additional lighting should be created.Without proper lighting, the shoot will not be able to develop.

Note. The temperature to grow a peduncle should be about 25C

When the temperature drops, the plant may dry out. The number of buds is influenced by prior care, not by spring fertilization.

So what can you do to get more arrows to hatch? In phalaenopsis, the stem is formed in 2 months. During this period, development takes place from a small stem to the formation of a peduncle. The growth period of a new peduncle depends on the surrounding conditions. If the plant is provided with all the necessary conditions, then the growth process can accelerate. A lateral shoot on an orchid develops faster, expelling the buds. The appeared flower stalks on the orchid open gradually. There can be 2 or 3 flowering periods in 1 year. They last about 2-3 months. If the flowers fall earlier, then this indicates a lack of moisture or light.

The stores usually sell phalaenopsis with 2 or 3 branches. The number of arrows depends on the variety of the flower and the surrounding conditions; during the flowering process, it can throw more arrows.

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"Do's and Don'ts" during flowering

If you have succeeded in making the orchids bloom or at least let out arrows, do not think that now you can just admire a tropical flower and do nothing. Be sure to follow our tips to keep flowering as long as possible:

• remove wilted flowers in time,
• tie up the arrows so that they do not break,
• provide long daylight hours.

It is also worth knowing what not to do with the orchid during budding and flowering.

1. You cannot move the pot from place to place. In nature, flowers always grow in the same place, so any movement is stressful for them. If you need to move the pot temporarily, try to put it back in place so that it is in the same position.
2. Do not spray flowers. Water droplets remaining on flowers for a long time can provoke the appearance of spots, as well as the discharge of buds. In addition, droplets from the leaves can drain into the sinuses or the core of the rosette, causing decay. Use only a spray bottle that can form what is known as mist and spray the plant from afar.
3. Conditions of detention cannot be drastically changed. When transported from the store, especially in winter, the orchid is under extreme stress. This can lead to the fact that she sheds already formed buds or flowers.
4. Do not place the pot next to a fruit basket or a withering bouquet. Ripe fruits release ethylene, which promotes rapid bud maturation and flower aging. Therefore, such a neighborhood can lead to the rapid fading of the orchid or the dumping of flowers and buds. A vase with a fading bouquet left next to it gives a similar result.
5. Fertilizers must not be applied. After the appearance of the peduncle, fertilizers are usually no longer applied. If they do this, then in accordance with the instructions, but not more than 2 times a week. However, after the opening of the first flower (or better until this moment), feeding should be stopped completely. Otherwise, it can interrupt flowering and force the plant to shed its buds.

How to prune an orchid after flowering at home

In order not to damage the flower, the cutting conditions are observed. To properly prune the orchid after flowering, skill, disinfection and sharp knives will help.

Pruning tools

Sharp scissors are prepared for cutting orchids. Poorly sharpened knives, when squeezing the stem, damage plant tissue much further from the cut. Incorrect pruning can damage the peduncle. Infections can enter the cavity of the branch.

Garden pruning shears have a sharp blade that will not damage the stem

After flowering, the orchid must be cut carefully because the plant is too capricious. If you decide to use a sharp knife, then you need to cut the twig very carefully.

Disinfection

Disinfection is important after cutting flowers. If the procedure is not done, there is a high probability of infection with fungi.

A diseased plant will not develop and grow well, buds may not appear.

Before starting work, the scissors are thoroughly wiped with alcohol. If alcohol is not available, the pruner is held over a fire or placed in boiling water. Process the knife with a steep solution of potassium permanganate, dipping the tool into the liquid for 10 minutes. Chlorine solution is also suitable for disinfection; after the procedure, the scissors are washed in boiled water. Work is carried out with gloves so as not to injure the skin of the hands.

Determination of the cut point and its processing

Orchid pruning is carried out over a developed bud by 2 cm so that it does not completely dry out. Sometimes the arrow is cut over 2 or 3 buds. The closer the bud is to the leaf rosette, the more buds there will be on the side branch. The next buds appear in the third month after cutting.

If the upper root has rotted or dried out, then cut it off with the capture of the green part by 2 cm.The plant is moved to another container with a new substrate in order to exclude the fungal infection again.

Can orchid leaves be trimmed? Orchid leaves are cut off when dry, diseased or yellowed leaves appear. They are cut off with the capture of healthy tissue, only the dry part should be cut. Then you need to process the orchid cut with cinnamon or charcoal.

To process all the trimmed parts, use coal (crushed), dry cinnamon, cover with brilliant green or iodine solution. Concentrated iodine must be diluted so as not to burn the flower.

If the stem is hollow inside

Some phalaenopsis varieties have a hollow peduncle.

Such a trunk is thick and the stem must be cut carefully. It can break or flatten.

The slice cannot be left open.

After cutting, during watering, water enters the cavity, it stagnates, a mass of bacteria and fungi multiplies in it. If the cut is not covered, the stump may rot. Lubricate the stem after cutting with beeswax.

Pruning orchid roots

The plant has two types of roots - air roots and those that are in the substrate. Aerial shoots serve for additional nutrition and water absorption. Trim the roots after they begin to dry out or fester. The rest of the rhizome is cut off only when transplanted into another container. The dead roots are cut off with sharp scissors. It is necessary to process the cut of the roots of the orchid with crushed coal.

The roots can dry out due to a lack of moisture or with an excess of dressings. Overfeeding plants causes chemical burns at the roots. If there are few dried roots, then this may be natural dying off. Usually they are cut off when transplanting. It is better not to rush with cutting the root system. Perhaps the roots need to be restored.

Recovery process:

• the flower is removed from the container, the roots are shaken;
• the roots are washed with water and soda;
• you can leave the plant in solution for half an hour;
• prepare the pruner, disinfect it;
• cut only dried roots to a healthy area;
• the cut is sprinkled with charcoal.

When the rhizome remains in water, the roots become elastic and turn green. The dried out processes are no longer restored, they have a gray or brown color, it is they who are removed. New roots grow in 50-60 days. When the roots grow 5-7 cm long, they are transplanted into a new container and a new substrate.

Attention! Do not disturb the orchid during the budding period, it is better to cut the rhizome after it has faded.

Care before and after flowering

There are certain requirements for caring for an orchid. They must be strictly followed, especially if the florist wants to see his beauty blooming.

Experienced growers distinguish 5 life cycles of orchids: vegetation (growth of roots and leaves), dormancy (period of flower stalk release), flowering, rest, active vegetation (growth of new roots and leaves).

Temperature The dormant period of the flower most often falls in the fall (read about what to do with the arrow when the orchid has already faded, read here). In order for an orchid to give a peduncle, it needs to provide comfortable conditions to the maximum. As a rule, in order for the plant to enter the resting phase without stress, it is recommended to lower the temperature level: from + 25C to + 15C. The main task is to provide a tangible difference between the readings of the thermometer in the daytime and at night. When the peduncle is already released, the temperature regime rises slightly again.

Watering During the growing season, the plant is systematically moistened as needed. It is possible to understand whether moisture is needed visually (the color of dry and moist roots is taken into account) or tactilely (the moisture level of the upper layer of the substrate).
Before the release of the peduncle, an artificial drought is arranged for the epiphyte: another 4 - 5 days are added to the expected time of watering, possibly more. This measure is explained by the fact that in its natural habitat - the tropics - the orchid dissolves its flowers during the "drought" period, since daily tropical showers do not allow insects to fly from flower to flower, thereby pollinating them. Artificial drought in a flower pot will give the orchid a "signal": it's time to bloom!
When the peduncle has already been released, then the epiphyte must not be forgotten to water, but this must be done again as the soil dries out. We remember the main rule: it is better to underfill an orchid than to overfill. The recommended interval between waterings is from 7 to 12 days, depending on the living conditions of the beauty.

Top dressing If, before the release of the peduncle, the orchid was fed, then you should not stop doing this even after the shoot of the shoot until the moment the first flower appears

Fertilization is important before, not during flowering.
As a top dressing, it is advisable to use ready-made complex fertilizers for orchids containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. They are sold in specialized stores

If there was no feeding, then you should not start fertilizing the flower during the pasture of the arrow - the consequences can be the most dire.

Light Often, in order for the orchid to enter the resting phase, it is transferred to a darkened place. After the appearance of the peduncle, the orchid needs to provide a lot of scattered light for its normal formation (south, southeast, southwest windows).
It is important that the daylight hours for a flower are at least 12 hours long. If the growth of the arrow fell on the autumn period (which happens most often), then it is necessary to provide the plant with additional lighting. Phytolamps are usually used for these purposes.
The orchid does not like drafts and air currents. The pot with the plant must be placed away from the air conditioner, fan, radiator. In no case should an orchid with a growing peduncle be transplanted in order to avoid a stressful situation for the plant!

For details on what to do with an orchid after it has released a peduncle, read a separate article.

Possible problems

Sometimes in the epiphyte, the peduncle does not grow for a long time, or the arrow has grown incorrectly. Often, flower stalk breaks in flower growers with little experience. In this case, you need to understand the cause of the problem and determine the actions to solve it.

How to properly prune an orchid after flowering at home

If the arrow has grown from the point of growth

This problem arises when growing older phalaenopsis, which have bloomed many times. Severe stress becomes another reason. After all, orchids are susceptible to conditions of detention. The owner needs to know that this situation does not need to be corrected. Such a plant is provided with routine care.Perhaps, after a short time, new peduncles or children will appear on it.

If the flower-bearing stem breaks off

To correct this situation, the stem is cut slightly above the nearest healthy bud. The open area is treated with activated carbon powder or ground cinnamon to prevent infection from penetrating open tissues.

Important! Do not tie the piece to the rest of the piece. It will still not be possible to connect them, you can only worsen the condition of the flower

Better take good care of the plant, then it will bloom again.

Lack of flowering stem

It is not always possible to grow phalaenopsis so that a flowering stem is formed on it. Then the flower is shaken to speed up this process. To do this, the pot is moved to a darker room. At the same time, the amount of irrigation is reduced, but the substrate is not brought to complete dryness. If possible, the room temperature is reduced by 5 degrees at night. In this way, it is possible to wake up phalaenopsis that have been in hibernation for a year or more.

Stopping development

Sometimes in an orchid, the peduncle has grown to a sufficient length and formed several buds, and then further growth stops. Then, for recovery, the following actions are carried out:

1. The epiphyte is carefully examined to make sure it is free of disease and pest infestation.
2. If everything is in order, they analyze under what conditions the flower is contained. He should have enough lighting and nutrients, heat and humidity.
3. If, after changing the growing conditions, the flower stem still does not resume its growth, the most reasonable solution is to observe the plant. After a while, the not withered arrow will surely start growing and will delight you with flowering.