Ludisia growth broke - propagation by cutting

[rbarata]

What's the best technique? Put it in water or in a pot?
The environment is dry (20-30%).

[Orchid Whisperer]

Let the cutting dry just a bit (a day or so).

In a pot containing potting soil with an organic matter base, make a shallow trench, deeper than the thickness of the cutting. Cover the cutting (stem) with potting soil. Water as you would any Ludisia plant.

[Ray]

I prefer to grow them in sphagnum, but the advice is otherwise the same.

[Orchid Whisperer]

For me, for long-term care, a potting mix (such as for African violets) works best. Usually over a more well-drained base (bark, or bark with inert material, such as gravel or styrofoam chips).

For just rooting cuttings, the potting mix alone will do.

[harpspiel]

Why let the cutting dry? To avoid fungus? I've never grown Ludisia, but when a piece of my Macodes breaks off I just stick it in the potting mix next to the rest of the Macodes and it roots from the nearest node in a few weeks...

[rbarata]

Thanks for the replies.
From what I understand, I can put it directly in the medium or I can put it in water (faster method). As soon as small roots appear (approx. 1 month) it can be potted.
I have put it in water...wait and see.

[rbarata]

I already have one root, around 1 cm in length. I think it's still too early to pot it but what do you think?



In the meanwhile, another growth broke off but it has roots in the medium. I will have to cut them because if I pull, the complete plant comes out of the pot.

[Arizona Jeanie]

Just a suggestion, but keep in mind that Ludisia spread by stolens, like bermuda grass.
I couldn't get any cuttings to grow until I put them down horizontally in a shallow trench. Poking them straight up-and-down never worked for me.