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Old 05-03-2009, 12:11 PM
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I have two Den. Nobile.. a mother plant and a keiki that i removed from it last year.

both of them seem to be very healthy and both are getting a lot of keiki's (well 2 for the "old keiki" and 4 for the older plant, dont know if that is a lot or not really ). what would be best for the plants to do? just leave them all as they are and let the keiki's grow as much as they want?

also, does anyone know what triggers the growth of keiki's?

the mother plant just finished a bloom and have now lost its flowers.

any thought would be welcome
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Old 05-03-2009, 04:04 PM
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Hi :-)

I wonder, did they flower for you last season or not? It could be a culture 'problem'.

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I like to pull the keikis off and plant them in the same pot as the mother plant. They are, after all, the same plant! That way you get a large specimen fairly quickly with tons of blooms each year.
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Old 05-03-2009, 05:26 PM
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well the "old" keiki have not bloomed yet, i took it from the mother plant almost a year ago i think. it is about 15 cm tall by now, maybe a little more.
the mother plant have bloomed twice in a year now, last summer, and then again by the start of this spring. although the bloom didnt seem to last as long this last time ... maybe a month?

planting them in the same pot is a great idea. i had not thought about that at all. since i didnt want to end up with too many of the exact same plant this is a good solution.

how will leaving a keiki on the plant effect it?.. will it fall of by it self at one point?
im kinda curious to see how that would end up looking, so might leave the keiki's on the "old" keiki. and then as isurus79 suggested plant the others by the mother plant

edit: come to think of it.. the old keiki might actually have grown from the mother plant right after it finished blooming like now..

would keiki growth suggest the plant would do better under other circumstances? since its not putting all the effort into growing the main plant or keeping the bloom`? .. or is it more because it had no luck getting its flowers "laid" (fertilized by another orchid and then jsut try to reproduce by a keiki instead?)

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how will leaving a keiki on the plant effect it?
It will just act like a new growth with roots hanging down. It wont 'fall off' either. Though when the old cane it is on dies, then it might fall to the ground under the weight of the mature keiki.

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would keiki growth suggest the plant would do better under other circumstances? since its not putting all the effort into growing the main plant or keeping the bloom`? .. or is it more because it had no luck getting its flowers "laid" (fertilized by another orchid and then jsut try to reproduce by a keiki instead?)
Since you are getting flowers 2x per year and keiki, I think your growing conditions are probably as perfect as any plant could ask for! If you only got keiki, then you would probably have to change something, but since you get both, your plant must be REALLY happy!!
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thank you for the reply

that is nice to know. as i said, i did feel that the bloom was on the short side, so i was wondering a bit. but if the keiki's arent a product of something that could be improved, ill just leave things as they are.
i will take your suggestion about planting the keiki's in the same pot though with my original. i think i will just let them grow a little more before i remove them
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