Greetings Angraecoid Lovers,

I have three new growths on the 'mother' plant. Two very close to one
another on one side and a single growth by itself on the other side.
Should I let all three of these grow until large enough to remove and
then pot up? Or is it best to cut off one or two to give more energy
to one good growth?

A bit of history here... I acquired the motherplant in Dec. 2002 while
still in bloom. In Dec. 2003 I successfully removed a new growth
(almost a year old) from this mother plant and potted it up. That new
growth is ready to bloom by this December. I am so excited!

This same mother plant has produced three new growths this past year
instead of a flower spike. Is this normal?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Lori

I think it's your choice. If you leave the side growths on the main plant,
they will bloom eventually, too, and it makes for a very nice display and
specimen plant. Harvesting them and repotting them gives you more plants
(which you can also sell at meetings) but then the mother plant ends up with
a long stem and has to be repotted at some point with the new aerial roots
in the pot, if they fit.

I bought a big sucker hybrid about two and half feet tall and did not take
the keikis off as the previous owner did. It stopped blooming at the top
and the side shoots have started blooming instead. There are no aerial
roots up there so I may have to encourage them with a rooting regime so I
can repot it. Meanwhile it looks wierd.

Paul
"angraecum_habit" <orchidhabit [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Greetings Angraecoid Lovers,
>
> I have three new growths on the 'mother' plant. Two very close to one
> another on one side and a single growth by itself on the other side.
> Should I let all three of these grow until large enough to remove and
> then pot up? Or is it best to cut off one or two to give more energy
> to one good growth?
>
> A bit of history here... I acquired the motherplant in Dec. 2002 while
> still in bloom. In Dec. 2003 I successfully removed a new growth
> (almost a year old) from this mother plant and potted it up. That new
> growth is ready to bloom by this December. I am so excited!
>
> This same mother plant has produced three new growths this past year
> instead of a flower spike. Is this normal?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice!
>
> Lori
>