potted up six phal kiekis today

[johnblagg]

Originally Posted by lobsterman

Chidlove,

I put some of that 'keiki grow plus' on my wallet, but haven't seen any growth yet!

Congratulations!!

I too am curious. I have a beautiful keiki on a phal that I'm waiting to remove. Did you remove it entirely from the bloom spike, or did you cut a piece of the spike away with the keiki?

Steve

LOL is the wallet green or brown ...dead id dead and no amount will help....Next time try it on the green parts inside.

[chidlove]

Originally Posted by johnblagg

LOL is the wallet green or brown ...dead id dead and no amount will help....Next time try it on the green parts inside.

...would be nice......

Here are a couple pics of the 'Freaky Keiki'



the flower is so not like the original,its very frilly.


this is the whole plant, showing the normal keiki on the bottom node. Sure glad I got one to grow normally.
[Its to the far left]

[Rosiefuture]

That first pic on the keiki bloom before it has opened reminds me of the Little Shop of Horrors plant! LOL

The bloom is very pretty.

Marion

[chidlove]

Originally Posted by Rosiefuture

That first pic on the keiki bloom before it has opened reminds me of the Little Shop of Horrors plant! LOL

The bloom is very pretty.

Marion

I will call her Audrey....and love her, and squeeze her....[from bugs bunny] Thanks Marion, it is still as fresh as the day it opened

[LugiaLover]

Good job on growing them. They're so cute.

[cabbo]

Good luck, they look a little small. I think 3 leaves with 3 roots at least 3 inches was the best advice I ever got about potting keiki's. Just my 2 cents.

[chidlove]

Originally Posted by cabbo

Good luck, they look a little small. I think 3 leaves with 3 roots at least 3 inches was the best advice I ever got about potting keiki's. Just my 2 cents.

That is very good advice, and I made sure that the three Minho Princess Flying had three, three inch roots. As for the other tiny keikis, they are from a mini orchid noid [looks like Sara Brother Gold] They only had two roots each, but they are currently doing fine.
You don't happen to know when I can expect blooms? I want them to be good and healthy, before they do, so they are getting orchid fert. weakly when I water, and they are in good light.
Thanks for your input [appreciate all the advice givin]

[Moreau]

Ok, I took some pictures of my keiki. It seems to be really growing pretty well at this point, so I just need to know if it matters how much of the stem I leave on it when I cut it off (if I leave any at all)...and I picked up a special Phal orchid planting mix - is it ok to use that for the keiki or does it need something special since it's a "baby"? Ok, and one last question: do I cut off the stem at the base of the main plant after cutting off the keiki? I never cut if off after it flowered and I just read I should have. Does it matter on the timing of cutting off the stem? Thanks in advance for all the help!!!

Ok, here are the pictures! (I attached them and I'm not quite sure how it all works when you attach a picture on this board, so if it doesn't work let me know! )

Thanks again!!!
-Lis

[Rosiefuture]

Although I've been growing orchids for years I've never gone into it very deeply and I've made heaps of mistakes. I have only just started to take an interest in Phal's in the last 6 months or so. I didn't realise they flowered for so long and I didn't know they produced keiki's. I have 7 on my kitchen window sill and they seem to like it there. I bought 4 of them at a local Bunnings Warehouse off their reduced plant rack. They looked pretty awful and had no labels but they were just $10 each when they are usually $40-$50 full price. I live in Western Australia and it is really difficult for me to get nice orchids at a reasonable price because of our quarantine laws. I visited the US a few years ago and was so jealous of how easily and quite cheaply you can buy a huge range of orchids.

Marion

[chidlove]

Good looking keiki Lisa! You could cut the spike right down to about an inch from your medium,or let it wither itself and then cut. [after you take the baby off, of course]