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title: "Anyone know how to successfully prop an orchid ? looking to try but…"
description: "Anyone know how to successfully prop an orchid ? looking to try but i’m nervous and don’t want to kill it 😬"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Jezzy"
published: "2025-07-31T06:22:27.267775Z"
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# Anyone know how to successfully prop an orchid ? looking to try but…

_Posted by Jezzy on 2025-07-31_

Anyone know how to successfully prop an orchid ? looking to try but i’m nervous and don’t want to kill it 😬

## 5 comments

### Autumn commented on 2025-07-31

You have to wait until your orchids blooms have died back and then this doesn’t always happen but a keiki might form which is going to be a meaty growth from one of the flower spikes, if this happens for you, wait until it has 2-3 leaves and the roots are 2-3 inches long. Once this happens you can cut right below the keiki and put it in orchid bark mix or sphagnum moss and keep it humid. Slowly but surely you’ll have yourself a new orchid!

### Bay Area Plant Mom commented on 2025-07-31

healthy orchids will propagate themselves by producing keikis

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#### Jezzy replied on 2025-08-01

smuggle plants with me

#### Bay Area Plant Mom replied on 2025-08-02

ok where we going 😇🤣

#### Jezzy replied on 2025-08-02

mid city nursery in ac 🤣🤭

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