Question on unknown orchid

[justatypn]

I have done it both ways but from what I am seeing with yours, there is plenty of stem to just take off the baby, no different than grafting a plant by taking off a triangle cutting. I would take cinnamon and sprinkle it around/in the wound to prevent bacteria.

It will be hard to determine the type of dendrobium by name, it's obvious to me that it's a NOID meaning "No ID".

You can cut off one of the long stems or canes with sharp, clean pruners. With a sharp, sterile knife, cut sections of the cane so that each section contains a least two nodes (where the leaves use to be).

Lay horizontally, half buried on a bed of damp sand or sphagnum moss in a shallow container.

Cover the container with glass or plastic wrap to hold to the moisture.

Place the container in a warm 70-75 degree area where it will get diffused but not direct sunlight.

[justatypn]

Tony TonyTony....not all is lost.

I know you hate those dend, but it makes us newbies stronger to know the dend will not win, the hobbist rules...

[Dorothy]

Now now Tony .. Let's be positive
.. she still has some nice youngin' coming out of it!
BTW Linda - I love the way you call them 'pups'

[linda]

I don't think i'll throw him away right now, I still have a couple more pups on the stem and if it's going to give me more babies then I think, I'll let him give me babies.
And I'm not the one to throw out any plant . exspecial when there so much green and health texture to it. I 'll hold on to it and let it do it's thing. But thanks for the advice.

[linda]

also in your opion, do orchids do better tied on a piece of wood or do they do better just in orchid mix? If they do better on wood , what kind is best? Also has anyone ever tried or do you know if You can mount orchids on lava rocks? I'm curious to know if they would live on lava rocks

[linda]

Also I've recently purchased a angraecom superpum, He's in a 2 inch pot with moss it . What is the right care for him. (he's only a baby)
Also I was over at a friends house and she had in her corner a orchid that was brown, dried up and hung over the pot. So I toke it out of the mix ans exspected it and found deep it the roots a little green with 1 or 2 roots on it. So I ask her if I could have it and of course she said yes and I cut it out carefully and brought it home and put in a 2 inch pot with spar. moss and every day he's a little greener and popping up out of the moss. So I don't know what or if it's going to live But I will let everyone know.

[Djarum Black]

Originally Posted by linda

also in your opion, do orchids do better tied on a piece of wood or do they do better just in orchid mix? If they do better on wood , what kind is best? Also has anyone ever tried or do you know if You can mount orchids on lava rocks? I'm curious to know if they would live on lava rocks

Hi Linda,

I think you can mount orchids to just about anything as long as the surfaces are not toxic to them. It also helps a good deal if you have a heavy hand when watering. Mounted orchids tend to dry out faster. I would imagine lava rocks would dry out even faster (all the holes). I don't see a problem using it for mounting. I've seen people use it as potting mix so think it would be ok.