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F.A.Q. OF THE MONTH
WHAT DO I DO WITH MY PHALAENOSIS SPIKES?
You have a beautiful orchid that has finished blooming and you don't know what to do with the spike?
Phalaenosis on a whole like to generate some thing on there spikes. Ether a kiekie or a secondary spike. Some times they do nothing and the spike dries up. By cutting the spike in the right place there is more probability that they will do the latter. (We all hope)
1.The first thing you should do. Is see if your plant is healthy and al so an older plant would do better (second year blooming). It takes a lot of energy to make more flowers or a kiekie. You don't want to stress the plants out to much you my loss them.
2.Look for the raised areas on the spikes. They look like a little tight leaf on the spike about 2in apart from one to the other.Theses are the nodes. Nodes contain growth tissue where plants can grow other things as it chooses.
3. You want to pick the 3rd or even 5th node from bottom. You want the node to be healthy and green. Clean cutting device with alcohol or beach water or even hydrogen peroxide any thing that will sterilize cutter.( plants can get infection just like we do)
4. Now you picked your node and cleaned your cutter its time to cut. You must cut 1in to 1 1/2in above node.
Now you weight. You should see some thing coming out of the node in a month.
If you have any questions please write to us at baldanorchids@aol.com or call us at (305)232-8694
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