Whats the active component in "KeikiGrow"?

[neb]

Dose it work out of a can? I would have thought that the heat use to pasteurize it would break down the hormones.

[Gold3nku5h]

Ok, i get it somewhat now. I guess i have about 3 keiki's on a new phal that i got a while back, and the other ones a single plant. Im not worried, but its goot to KINDA know the diff between a keiki and a pbulb.

[Undergrounder]

Originally Posted by neb

Dose it work out of a can? I would have thought that the heat use to pasteurize it would break down the hormones.

I don't think it's the coconut milk, but the coconut water... 'liquid endosperm' they call it. You get it from a fresh coconut and because its fresh and grown inside the coconut, its sterile.

[HereticHammer]

Originally Posted by Becky15349

New growths are not keikis, when speaking of monopodial plants. Keikis are growths that are eventually intended to leave the mother plant because something has effected the mother plant to make it think that it will not survive. Keikis are a way of reproduction in a life-or-death situation; its an evolved survival method.

~Becky

I would have to disagree with this definition. I have Phal. equestris and for me it is the queen of keikis. Every single spike ends in 8 to 12 keikis each year. The plant is always in good growth and well cared for.

This year she is sending up a spike and all the keikis are in spike or bloom still attached to the mother plant from the old spike since I got bored with potting up a bunch of equestris each year and caring for them separately. lol My guess is that when the keikis end their spikes some will keiki themselves.

I think some Dendrobiums will also keiki without ill health or threat of death.