When is the best time for orchids to split?

The best ramet time is after flowering. Because if the ramet is carried out before flowering, it may cause the plant to blossom less or not. If it divides when the leaf bud is tillering, it is possible to hurt the leaf bud. After flowering, reproductive genes begin to dormant. Dividing plants after flowering will also help leaf buds differentiate better.

When is the best time to split the plant?

Due to the relatively developed root system, the development of orchids is limited by flowerpots, and there is no place to stretch, so fertilizing and watering is very disadvantageous. And the basin is more crowded, poor air permeability, it is easy to be threatened by diseases and insect pests, ramet is also more difficult. Therefore, the pot is usually changed every two or three years, and if the variety is more valuable, it can be changed every three or four years. However, the root density in the flowerpot is different, the pot soil, diseases and insect pests are different, the ramet time will be different.

If we split the plant before flowering, it may cause the plant to blossom less or not. If it divides when the leaf bud is tillering, it is possible to hurt the leaf bud. And different varieties, different living environment, the interference from the outside is different, so it is impossible to find an accurate time without harming the plant to split.

When the orchid blossoms, its growth and development is in a diapause stage. After flowering, the reproductive genes begin to dormant and enter the growth stage again. So the pots can be changed within half a month after the flowers have withered, so that the flowering of the plant will not be affected, and the leaf buds of the plant will not be hurt. In this period, ramets will also help leaf buds differentiate better. Generally speaking, the best ramet time for orchids is after flowering.