Awakening dormant orchid buds
Dormant buds in an orchid are a phenomenon that requires strength and patience from a grower to awaken them. It will be possible to wake up dormant buds in an orchid if you perform a series of consecutive actions to obtain shoots.
Awakening dormant orchid buds
The appearance of dormant kidneys
When orchids reproduce, processes are formed from meristems, this is how dormant buds look like. They arise between the leaves on the stems and contribute to the appearance of a peduncle or children.
You can identify a dormant bud by examining the plant. They can be at the bottom of the flower arrow, under the compacted scales. If an arrow with a lateral process appears instead of an arrow from the kidney, this is a basal baby. For the reproduction of orchids at home, a sleeping ovary is used.
Awakening period
It is possible to awaken dormant buds in an orchid during active growth of leaves and root system. In nature, this is done with the arrival of heat and rainfall, while the bark of trees is washed by rains, the roots of orchids are saturated with useful substances. At home, it is necessary for orchids to create similar conditions, stimulating the reproduction process. Over time, the buds will become swollen.
It is possible to awaken dormant buds during active growth of leaves and root system
Optimal conditions
The buds wake up and swell after optimal conditions have been created:
- decrease in lighting - plants are removed from light or darken the glass;
- temperature - should be at least 27 ° С during the day, at night - 15-17 ° С;
- air humidity 50-60%, it is increased by spraying, placing the plant on a pallet with wet pebbles;
- spray the plant at least 5 times a day;
- ensure minimum watering;
- carrying out complex fertilizing with a high level of nitrogen, repeat with every second watering.
Propagation by lateral layers
This type of reproduction consists of several stages:
- stimulating the awakening of the sleeping ovary;
- germination cuttings;
- separation of the grown layer.
A sleeping ovary in an orchid must be properly stimulated to awaken. To do this, remove the peduncle after flowering, cut it 2 cm higher from the upper bud, treat the cut with an antiseptic. The scales are carefully removed from the buds with a knife. They are treated with cytokinin paste, a preparation based on a natural plant hormone. The drug stimulates the division of the orchid. After a couple of months, it is clear that the sleeping ovary has swollen after waking up, turns into a baby or a peduncle.
Peduncle for reproduction
You can wake up the sleeping ovary using the lateral layering method. To do this, the arrow is cut off, placed in the water with the end immersed by 5 cm. Next is the awakening procedure. The arrow is left in the vessel, a bag is put on top.
Department of babies
The baby is separated from the orchid after it has at least 3 roots. This is a sign of successful reproduction of the plant. The cuttings are removed from the mother plant after the roots reach 5 cm in length.It will be possible to save a small plant with careful handling, on each side of the attachment points of the child, 0.5 cm of the peduncle is left. For about a year, a young plant should be grown in greenhouse conditions with good humidity, yellowing of the leaves is possible during the adaptation period. You can find out about the end of the adaptation of the roots to a new life by the growth of leaves.
The baby is separated from the orchid after it has at least three roots
Difficulty waking up
It is not recommended to use stimulants in such cases:
- an orchid transplant was recently carried out;
- there is a flowering period;
- infection with diseases or pests of the flower;
- flower age up to 2 years.
The development of children in each variety occurs in different ways. Some develop roots faster, others develop leaves.
The awakening of a dormant kidney depends on genetic predisposition, growing conditions, plant variety, frequency of treatment with phytohormones and their concentration. Cytokinin paste slows down the development and growth of the root system. To stimulate them in the autumn-winter period, the buds should be lubricated several times.
Conclusion
It is quite difficult to awaken dormant buds in an orchid; it is a painstaking process that will take time, patience and effort. Using different methods of awakening, taking into account their difficulties, you can get a new flower stalk or a young plant.