What kind of soil is used to cultivate Phalaenopsis? What are the methods of reproduction?

Phalaenopsis is an epiphytic plant of Phalaenopsis in Orchidaceae. The plant pulls out long pedicels from leaf axils and blossoms like butterflies, which is of high ornamental value. What kind of soil is used to cultivate Phalaenopsis? What are the methods of reproduction?

What kind of soil is used to cultivate Phalaenopsis?

Phalaenopsis is a kind of aerial plant, its potted plant material should not use soil, but should use water moss, pumice, Alsophila crumbs, charcoal, etc., or directly fix the seedlings on the corrugated board (snake wood) and let it attach and grow on its own. This cultivation method is modeled on its original ecological environment, and pine needles, peanut shells, bark silk, clay balls and other materials can be selected as the substrate for cultivating Phalaenopsis. Higher requirements for soil, need to be breathable, rot-resistant, micro-acid, permeable, if you can not configure these materials, you can directly go to the flower market to buy Phalaenopsis special orchid soil.

2. Breeding methods of Phalaenopsis

1. Natural sowing method

The natural sowing method is to sow the seeds from the cracked capsule in the flowerpot of the parent plant. This method is simple and easy, does not need complicated aseptic procedures and operating tools, and is suitable for ordinary family Phalaenopsis growers. However, this method has little chance of success and is rarely used.

two。 Pedicel budding method

The method of pedicel budding is to cut off the flowering part of the pedicel, then carefully cut off the bracts of the first to third internodes of the upper part of the pedicel with a blade or sharp blade to expose the bud points in the internodes, smear the budding agents or hormones such as indolebutyric acid evenly on the exposed Internode nodes with cotton swabs, and put the orchid plant in a half-shaded place after treatment. The temperature is kept at 25: 28 ℃. After 2 weeks, the buds can be seen to grow leaves. After 3 months, it grows into a Phalaenopsis seedling with 3 or 4 leaves and aerial roots. cut off the seedlings and put them on the pot to become a new orchid plant.

3. Broken heart to accelerate budding method

After the growth point of the orchid plant is destroyed due to some factors, 1 or 2 new buds will grow from the stem node near the base of the orchid plant after a period of time, which can be used to propagate Phalaenopsis.

4. Stem-cutting breeding method

The principle of stem-cutting propagation method is to destroy the stem tip growth point to induce latent bud growth. Although there are 1-3 latent buds in the axils of Phalaenopsis plants, most of them cannot sprout into plants. After the plants continue to grow upward and the stem nodes are longer, the upper part of the plant with roots is cut off with sterilized knives or scissors, implanted into a new basin to continue to grow, and the lower part with roots is given proper water management. New buds will sprout soon.

5. Tissue culture method

The excellent genetic characteristics of Phalaenopsis can be obtained by using tissue culture method to propagate Phalaenopsis. Phalaenopsis seedlings produced by this method are called meristematic seedlings or tissue plantlets. The plant tissue used for meristematic culture can be terminal buds, stem segments, young leaves or root tips, but at present the most common is the pedicel of Phalaenopsis.

The above is the introduction of the cultivation soil and breeding methods of Phalaenopsis. Phalaenopsis should choose bamboo utensils, porous ceramic pots or special orchid pots, it is best not to use general plastic pots, it is recommended to choose porous shallow pots, the height of the basin is less than the diameter of the basin.