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Producing More Orchid Blooms — With A Knife
Do you have an orchid that keeps growing, one year after another, but that doesn’t ever produce more than a single blooming pseudobulb. If you desire to multiply the number of blooming growths, you can accomplish this by a method of cutting with a knife in order to produce back shoots. With luck and a suitable type of plant (those from the Cattleyas family are best), you will eventually have a really spectacular orchid.
Proceed as follows: Take a plant that has several back pseudobulbs, say four or five. Cut the rhizome in two between the bulbs, being careful not to otherwise disturb it. That’s basically it, but here are some things to keep in mind:
- The best time to cut most orchids is during their resting phase, usually fall or winter. When they next enter into their growing stage, you may observe them sending forth two growths from one pseudobulb at the place where you cut it.
- Never cut an orchid that is not in excellent health. Cutting as described above will not harm a healthy plant, but could be stressful to a weak or sickly one.
- If you cut the same plant for back shoots every year, you will eventually have an orchid that is both bigger and more stunning that it would have been without the knife. This is the way some of the astonishing specimens are produced that you see in orchid shows.
There is more that can be said about the art of cutting to produce more blooms, as well as the process of taking cuttings to start more plants. To learn more about these and other secrets of orchid cultivation, a good guide such as that written by Nigel Howard is highly recommended.
The most thorough guide to contemporary orchid care, it is widely acknowedged, is Mr. Howard’s Orchid Care Expert, which may be downloaded from the Internet. Mr. Howard’s guide is a complete course in itself, appropriate for the novice as well as those more experienced. Also, be sure to visit the Orchid Secrets web site, which has an ever-growing database of postings on many topics of orchid cultivation.
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