How to raise an orchid house. The main ways

Truly the queen of flowers - exotic orchids. Different from the rest of the plant to its original appearance, striking variety of colors, sizes and shapes of flowers, as well as special care. When the house there is at least one beautiful orchid is undoubtedly a desire to propagate it.

At present there are several ways of breeding orchids and they require specialized knowledge.

The most common of them:

- division or vegetative propagation

- Using pruning cuttings

- root processes

- a subsidiary of reproduction

- seed propagation

Widespread vegetative propagation of orchids.

It provides the maximum chance of success and is suitable even for novice gardeners enthusiasts. The whole essence of the breeding in the home is to divide the roots of a flower and depositing them in another part of the pot.

You need to get the roots out of the container, gently separate them from the ground and cut with scissors into two parts so that in the each of the halves were pseudobulbs needed for further growth and development of each of the halves flower. Next, fill both the pot and the soil shrinks to the roots of plants.

Maximum care and proper maintenance will result and both flower will soon give new shoots.

This kind of reproduction orchid usually carried out in the first half of the spring.

Cuttings propagated orchids a little harder than the previous method.

This requires the presence of shoots or suckers on a spike. After reset, flowers cut off escape peduncle, which is somewhat dried kidney and a length of 10 to 15 cm.

The resulting wounds on the stem and the handle need to sprinkle the charcoal, to avoid getting infections and rapid healing in the cut. Clipped cuttings placed in a greenhouse where the temperature should reach 28-30 degrees. Special container can be purchased at any florist or you can create your own in any capacity with the glass or film.

Periodically airing adding dressing in the form of mineral and organic fertilizers is expected emergence of the root sprouts. After reaching them 5 cm cuttings can be planted with the roots in the pot with soil.

A simpler way - separation of basal shoots from the mother flower. If the roots were processes, they can be separated from the main flower cutting methods and put into a new pot of prepared soil.

A well-known method to propagate home favorite - the children.

Sometimes on the stem of orchids there are so-called children, which appear from the kidneys. Also, these infants may appear on the roots. It's hard not to notice, and simply can not take advantage of such an appearance, not to propagate.

child processes is not necessary to cut off immediately. They need to develop roots to appear. In the presence of 3-4 and 5-6 leaves roots at least 5 cm may be carried out circumcision born flower.

Then place slices sprinkled with coal for the decontamination and rapid healing. New little escape with roots planted in the prepared soil.

Sufficiently long and the most labor-intensive way of breeding of exotic plants - seeds.

Orchid seeds too small, resembling dust. The method consists in placing the seeds in a sterile environment for the growth. This process may take about a year, and for planting in the ground is necessary for about 3 years.

Thus, for domestic breeding is very inconvenient option.

All other ways with good care will help raise the royal flower in the home and admire its extraordinary beauty all year round!