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[INDOOR-GARDENING:158] Re: orchids/keikis

Quite right about the roots and detaching keikis.  However I will add that
_some_ Phalaenopsis' do produce keikis, but considering the number of
hybrids out there, its sometimes hard to find one.  Sometimes, in keiki
producing phals, the keiki will begin producing flowers along with the
mother plant while still attached.  That can be quite a spectacular --if
not bizzare-- display.

As for the Paph.'s, I'd have to agree.  To my knowledge, they are not
capable of producing a keiki.

Thanks for the additions!  :)

Julia
UMBI-CAB

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 Batyal@aol.com wrote:

> Thanks for the great explanation of keikis.  
> 
> Keikis are not only new shoots, they have roots attached to them.  When the
> roots are long, one can detach the offshoot (just below the roots) and pot
> them up making new plants.  When an orchid is very prone to keikis, using high
> nitrogen may get you many keikis instead of flowers. I've had four or five on
> the same mother stem.  So...if you want new plants, use high nitrogen; if you
> want flowers, use high phosphorus.  Not all orchids produce keikis.   My
> experience is that certain dendrobium and epidendrum produce keikis;
> phalenopsis, paphs do not.  Batya Levin, Bronx, NY
> 
>
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