Christina Princess Keiki's

[justatypn]

My Christina Princess is producing more keiki's. I know I should not complain but all the new growth accept 4 shoots are keiki's. I have 7 in small pots 5 from 5 months ago, potted, and two I took off today for docs project and I have 5 more that are still attached to the plant. My question and wondering thoughts is what should I do at this point, take the additional keiki's off an pot them? There are a couple at the bottom of the plant and will make there way into the medium without a problem, so I thought it would be good to leave them, but why is this plant producing so many keiki's...is this normal? I moved the chid from a diffused west/north window to an east/north today I moved it to a north/east (actually back away from direct east a.m. sun)


The red arrows shows the keiki's, the blue arrows shows new growth. Also an older picture of the Christina in full bloom...

[ScottMcC]

I have read several different things saying that a distressed dend will send out keikis, so to always check the cultural conditions of the mother plant. have you repotted it recently? maybe it's time to take a look...

[justatypn]

I never gave repotting a thought, because it has always looked so healthy. It has not been repotted as of yet, it's not overly stuffed. I should do some research on the mother plant and see about the cultural conditions. I know there has to be a reason and actually not looking toward blooming for a few years since its going through this "cultural change".

[georgetoo]

I see only two keikis on my mother plant and I did not give it a rest period or dry period. The plant is 6 or 7 years old and has given me about a dozen. It is grown outdoor year round. Full sun until blooming and then I hang it in my carport(front yard). It is still blooming since late January.



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[quiltergal]

Could it be too much nitrogen? I know that will often promote Keiki growth rather than flowers.

[susiep]

I have noticed that when dens start to go down hill they start making keikis. Sometimes from old age or bad conditions, especially too hot and not enough water. I have one that is just a keiki factory now. It is an orphan so I have no idea how old but it has given up a lot of keikis and now it is just sending random bloom spikes with no leaves. Weird. Here are a couple pictures I took today. Nature's way to keep the species going, I guess.