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09-20-2020, 01:44 PM
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Oldfashioned propagating
When you grow in spaghnum/bark mix, you have the option of sowing into the pot of the parent plant. Success ratio is low (often zero), as most seed washes away, but it can work.
I just brought my Vandas & Rhynchostylis back inside due to low night temps. One of the Rhynchos was hanging next to an Epidendrum calanthum, fma album, last winter. The Epi set a couple of pods, which eventually released their seed, as I never got around to removing them.
When I brought the Rhynchos in, I found three Epi seedlings in one of the baskets:
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09-20-2020, 01:52 PM
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Super cool!!!
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09-20-2020, 02:22 PM
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Wow!!! That is super cool!
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10-01-2020, 06:16 PM
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That is so cool! Amazing to see nature do its thing.
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10-01-2020, 07:04 PM
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I get reed-stem Epi "volunteers" in other pots (mostly Catts) fairly often. So I suspect that they are a lot less picky about getting the perfect mycorrhizal environment than most other orchids.
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10-01-2020, 10:24 PM
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In my dad's nursery, he grew almost all orchids in a spaghnum mix. We had a population of Spiranthes (not sure which species), which repeatedly self-pollinated, set seed and sprouted - just about anywhere.
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10-01-2020, 11:33 PM
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That big in less than one year?
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10-02-2020, 06:25 AM
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Lovely when that happens, What a Bonus!
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10-02-2020, 08:35 AM
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That big in less than one year?
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The 3 seedlings are different sizes. The smallest is about 1" across, the largest about 3" across, and 1.1/2-2" tall.
I plan to leave them in place till it is time to repot the Rhynchostylis (in the spring, after blooming season).
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fairorchids
In my dad's nursery, he grew almost all orchids in a spaghnum mix. We had a population of Spiranthes (not sure which species), which repeatedly self-pollinated, set seed and sprouted - just about anywhere.
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It's fairly common among bog orchids. I get Spiranthes cernua, S. incurva, and S. sinensis volunteers all the time, along with Pogonia jąponica, P. ophioglossoides, Calopogon tuberosus, and Habenaria repens.
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