Culture methods and management of potted orchids

Ramet culture is asexual culture, the cluster of Cymbidium plants, with more than two generations of conjoined as a unit, separate and replant the most traditional culture method. The utility model has the advantages of simple operation, high survival rate, rapid plant growth, early flowering, ensuring quality characteristics and so on.

I. conditions and timing of ramet culture

Ramet is usually carried out after growing in 2023, when the orchid plant has grown in the whole basin; there are also ramets with more than 4 conjoined orchid clusters in order to increase the germination rate or rapidly increase the number of breeding varieties; and in order to prevent the degeneration of buds, only one old and one new conjoined parent cluster was divided.

The ramet culture of orchids can be carried out all the year round, but in order to ensure the survival rate, it is often carried out at the temperature of 12 ℃ ~ 30 ℃. According to its physiological characteristics, the best time is at the end of flowering. Because the vegetative growth of the orchid plant is tired at this time, not only the new bud has not germinated, but also the growth point of the bud has not yet expanded, and the ramet is not easy to cause accidental injury. At the same time, the flowering period is over, generally there will be no more flower buds, there is no problem of damage to flower buds due to ramets. In addition, through ramet, it can also promote the activity of vegetative growth and improve the resilience and germination rate of orchid plants.

II. Methods and procedures of ramet culture

1. Seedling emergence: for the basin orchid that has grown all over the basin, it should not be pulled out forcefully, otherwise it will cause too much damage to the orchid plant, or pull out the plant leaves, or cut off too many roots. Therefore, we should not hesitate to break the orchid pot and take out the orchid seedlings. Then shake off the matrix in the root cluster and cluster it. If the matrix is hardened or sticky, it can only be washed away with water before clustering. If the basin orchid is not yet full, you can remove the basin surface matrix with your fingers, slap the periphery of the orchid basin a few times, then use a wooden stick to loosen the matrix from the middle hole in the basin bottom, then hold the edge of the basin with both hands, hold the orchid plant basin with your fingers, and shake the orchid basin semi-hanging upside down. you can pour out the orchid seedlings. .