If you want to produce another plant, just leave the keiki attached to the mother plant until it sprouts new leaves and shoots that are at least a couple inches long. It's put out 2 roots that are at least 2" long, and it has put out 2 new roots that are snaking up and around the base of the mother plant to find the potting medium. How do I remove them and pot into their own baskets? This type of keiki is left on the plant. The parent is a rescue that is doing ok, but not fabulously. November 30, 2011 January 3, 2013 - brooklynorchids. Hi- I have a Phal. You have gotten to the step where something is emerging from the stalk of your orchid. At worst I should have a plant that survives, at best a great specimen! Now, however, it is growing two plantlets. — M.H. How to Remove a Basal Keiki From Dying Mother Plant.. by Michelle Wheeler (Ithaca, NY, USA) Mother Leaf With Brown Spots. So, a few questions: Internet research leads me to believe that this plant is either dying and trying to spread its DNA or the healthiest plant ever. Since then many of the keikis have been growing quite nicely, developing roots (and, surprisingly, even a couple of spikes!) Can you add your opinion? It's throwing out ANOTHER basal keiki, the first keiki is putting out roots, and the plant has put out a ton of new roots. Say you have a lovely Phalaenopsis orchid and one day you notice that there’s something growing off of its spike, something that doesn’t look like a flower bud. The offsets are known as keikis which means "baby" in Hawaiian. I last posted an update on my Phalaenopsis orchid keiki grow experiment on September 1—almost three months ago! Can't wait to see how it does! orchid, which started to get brown spots very soon after I purchased it over a year ago. A month or two ago, I discovered a basal keiki growing at the base. When root growth is just beginning, you can remove the keiki. The keiki can be easily removed and repotted. Maybe it looks like a new leaf or two (like in the photo to the right)…and after awhile what looks like a … The keiki looks really good with two leaves. Removing a keiki from its mother too early can cause the fragile baby to die off. Keiki Removal and Potting Day! The keiki currently has 3 leaves, each about 2" long. Many times an orchid will “save itself” by sprouting a keiki because it is dying. Once your keiki is capable of surviving on its own you will want to use a sharp, sterilized blade to carefully remove the keiki from the mother plant by slicing the tissue at the base of the plantlet. ... My orchid has just started growing a basal keiki. Starzinger Answer. Reasons (a keiki will grow):. I'm glad for the question and the answers, I have a Phal with a basal keiki and now I know to let it grow and not force them apart. This can happen sooner or later in a timeframe of 2-8 weeks, depending on the time of the year, the health of your orchid and the growth conditions your orchid plant is growing and many more. These grow high on already existing orchid bloom stalks. Vanda Keiki Question. Keiki: A baby orchid! Apical keiki – From an existing stalk with its OWN aerial roots (shown above). How to remove a Keiki. A different kind of keiki, called a basal keiki, can develop at the base of the Phalaenopsis. I have a healthy vanda that flowers freely. Under the bottom leaves, along the main stem, are dormant nodes which can develop into a new growth. Basal keiki – Along side the existing orchid, growing from its base and SHARING the same root system (shown above).

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