Baby on an orchid flower stalk: is it possible to get a cake from a kidney at home, a photo of a shoot, what to do when it appeared, how to separate it from a mother?

Orchid has recently won the love of many gardeners in our country, even despite the demanding nature. The plant, of course, prefers conditions as close to natural as possible. It is in such a microclimate that offspring can be achieved. It is also believed that some individuals are able to breed, while others, even with all the efforts of the owner, are not. Opinion is quite subjective. Consider how to get a baby from an orchid flower stalk. Namely: what conditions do you need to create a flower, what stimulants to use, how to separate the flower stalk from the cake.

What it is?

Children are new formations on orchids that have leaves, an individual root system. The second name is keiki. Miniature plants may appear from sleeping buds on a peduncle, roots or stem. If the orchid made its formed copy, it means that it is in perfect conditions and in excellent condition. Non-professionals can plant orchids in three ways:

seedlings;
root children;
cakes that emerged from the peduncle.

It is clear that children are necessary for the propagation of flowers. For a certain time, until they are fully grown, they are on the mother plant. And later, the baby is separated and transplanted into a new pot, thus, we get a new young specimen with the characteristic features of a favorite orchid variety.

Photo

In the photo, offered to your attention, you can see how the baby orchid looks.

Appearance conditions

In fact, the method of multiplying by cakes is not complicated, and even an inexperienced gardener can grow a baby, but everywhere there are pitfalls and certain nuances:

new shoots appear only on adult orchids, at least 2 years old;
the presence of at least four formed healthy leaves;
developed root system;
the plant is better to choose faded;
use a green peduncle without visible symptoms of drying with a strong kidney;
exclude diseased flowers or affected by harmful insects.

Is it possible to get a new plant from a cake on a flower-bearing shoot?

On a note. Orchid cultivation by children who form on the peduncle is a simple, safe method (for how to care for the orchid when it released the peduncle, read here). At the same time, the mother plant remains in complete safety and reliability.

There is an opportunity to independently stimulate the process of the appearance of a baby from a sleeping kidney, a greater likelihood of a successful stay of a young shoot. Also, the method is easy to execute and can be done by an inexperienced grower.

There are 2 ways to grow cakes at home:

natural method, when changing the usual parameters of existence;
artificial method, with stimulation of the kidneys by special means.

After flowering is complete, there is no need to rush to cut the peduncle; children may appear on it. But this requires special parameters in the room, it is even possible to arrange a kind of stress on the plant.

All procedures are best performed in the spring. In the fall, the plant bloomed, and in the winter it rested (how to care for the orchid after it bloomed can be found here).
We begin kidney simulation in February. The duration of daylight up to 10 hours. We rearrange the pot on the window from the western side, there sunlight will fall on the flower 5-6 hours a day, this will be quite enough.
Provide sharp temperature changes. In the daytime, the temperature will be + 25-27 ° С, at night, respectively + 15-17 ° С.
Watering is minimal, once every 7-10 days.
Until the kidney wakes up, use pods and fertilizers should not be.

If nothing happens in this way, you have to resort to stimulation. In garden shops you can buy a meristem - material for the formation of new parts of the plant. Or hormonal cytokinin paste.

Home stimulation

To speed up the process of the appearance of cakes, it is worth using phyto stimulants. A modern remedy that brings the expected result is cytokinin paste.

Note! According to the instructions of the drug, no more than 3 buds can be processed simultaneously on one peduncle.

Otherwise, the plant does not have enough nutrients and strength, instead of the long-awaited children, flowering or mutants may result. The process of processing the peduncle begins with the following.

We prepare the paste, bringing to room temperature.
Decide on a suitable peduncle.
We look at a healthy kidney from below.
With a disinfected knife edge, we separate the scaly skin, under it a kidney of a bright green hue.
Humidify the place with water.
Using a thin needle, apply evenly a little paste to the scratched area.
We support temperature and humidity parameters in the room.
Up to two months we expect the result.

Watch a video on how to wake up sleeping buds on an orchid peduncle to form a baby:

How to separate from mother?

Consider what to do if a shoot has appeared. Separating the baby from the mother plant is a painstaking process. It is important to consider that the baby is separated if there are roots of at least 5 cm in length and 2-3 leaves, the duration of the extension process is about 6 months. Children with roots less than 3 cm are not advised to remove, however, delaying with a transplant is also not worth it. In this case, long roots can be harmed.

Before starting the operation, you should prepare a small transparent pot and pine bark, previously moistened.

With a sharp knife, we separate the baby, leaving a part of the peduncle on the sides of 1 cm.
Slices are treated with activated carbon or ground cinnamon.
After drying the cropped places, put in a pot.
Sprinkle with bark on top.
Do not recommend using moss. It retains moisture, and there is the possibility of the development of rot.
The plant is placed in a greenhouse.

From the video you will learn how to separate the baby from the orchid:

General care during stimulation

To get good results during this period Before the appearance of the baby, it is important to maintain optimal microclimate parameters:

sunlight is shaded;
to exclude hit of the scorching rays of the sun;
room temperature + 20-23 ° C;
water regularly, after each drying of the substrate;
it is impossible that water stagnates in a pot;
the use of mineral nitrogen fertilizers in the form of spraying green mass;
Do not overfeed, make preparations according to the instructions.

What to do when the plant gave a cake?

A great option is the greenhouse environment. Build a mini greenhouse for the young plant, you can cover the pot with a plastic bag, in which the temperature will be + 25-27 ° C, and humidity not less than 70%. You need to water the flower for 4 days after planting. Preferably with warm water.

Recommendation. In the place where the orchid is, there must be access to sunlight. And in the future, care should be performed the same as for an adult. The stay in the greenhouse is 1 year.

Possible problems and solutions

Most often, in children, the growth of roots slows down, their appearance can be expected up to 6 months. Of course, at the same time, the mother plant does not develop enough, the onset of flowering slows down. In this case, there is a way out - to trim the kids and stimulate their root system in wet moss or in a container of water. At the same time, treat the lower part of the baby with root preparations.

Growing a baby for the first time is a rather exciting and lengthy stage. It is worth considering all the subtleties of the process, the conditions for the adaptation of the plant. And if something goes wrong, no need to give up. Indeed, in the future, everything will be much easier and simpler. Add a little patience, care, and be sure to get the long-awaited baby. So do not be afraid - experiment.