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Hello! 👋 Does anyone know how to propagate a moth orchid?

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  1. Jen

    Phalaenopsis orchids aren’t really like other house plants where you can take a cutting and grow new plants from them. However, they do sometimes grow a keiki. They are basically a baby plant of the mother orchid- genetically identical to it. There are basel keikis, that grow from the base or stem of the plant, and keikis that develop and grow from a node on the flower spikes. Those CAN be induced to grow by applying keiki paste. It’s a sort of growth hormone. If you follow the directions really well and use it at the right time of year- you MIGHT grow a keiki on the flower spike. You would need a still green spike, done flowering, and growth nodes with active buds on that spike. If your plant is in it’s vegetative growth part of it’s cycle, you may get a baby orchid, but if it’s still in flowering mode, you may get a secondary branch and more blooms. (Nice consolation prize.)

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  2. MeasomerPi

    I don’t have any first hand experience so take what I say with a grain of salt. There are a couple of ways to go about it but all take time. You can apply keiki paste to unspent nodes on inflorescences. Not guaranteed but you might get a baby orchid. You can also grow from seeds like Mother Nature. However, it’s a fairly involved process. The seeds must be collected in a sterile environment and placed in a nutrient solution in flasks. As the grow, they will have to be thinned and possibly moved into larger flasks. After roughly two years (or maybe three, I’m going from memory here) the seedlings can be planted in pots. It takes another three to five years to get blooms. You can also clone plants but that skews even more into mad scientist territory.

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    • ReeRee

      I WANT TO HEAR THE MAD SCIENTIST CHEMISTRY!!!!!! TELL MEEEE!!!!!(please)

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    • Lilith

      I’m here for the mad science!! Please spill the tea

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    • MeasomerPi

      Unfortunately, this really isn’t my area of expertise. I found the following information in the article “Orchid Breeding and Hybridization” on the American Orchid Society website. “
meristem cloning is the process of extracting a small sample, 1 mm or less, of apical meristem from the mother plant. Meristem in a plant are cells that can differentiate into different types of cells, similar to stem cells in humans. Apical meristem cells come from root tips, leaf tips, or new shoot tips. Under sterile conditions, these cells are grown on agar in flasks, repeatedly divided, and eventually allowed to grow into thousands of tiny plantlets. When large enough, these plantlets are removed from the flask (deflasked) and potted.”

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