Viewing post #2816232 by alpharalpha

BigBill said: Don't cut it!!!!
Those small plantlets are called keikies, which means baby. Once it has several roots between 2-3" long, it can be removed from the mother plant.
Just use the back edge of a butter knife as a wedge between the bigger cane and the baby. With just the right pressure, it should pop right off.
It is from a Dendrobium phalaenopsis orchid. You can pot it up using the proper sized pot and the appropriate media. Quite probably a three inch clay pot would work nicely.

Would this be a good place to pop it off?






I just noticed that the encircled joint at the end of that cane feels like it would pop off; if so should I use the whole cane or pop it off closer to the keiki?









Every year I have to rotate the basket as the W facing side grows out real long towards the sun; this cane with the keiki was last years long growth, had nice dual flower spikes.





In the background is the one with the keiki, is after I rotated it to the back (those in front are blooming right now :)

(I didn't notice the keiki until now because as you can see it was out of sight behind the tree branch. Have had this orchid for over 10yrs, it stays out all winter, is very hardy.)