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I have had this trusty orchid for many years and it has given me many lovely sprays of flowers but now it has given me a baby orchid! I have propagated from stem plants but not sure how to deal with this.enter image description here

IanJ
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You don't need to do anything IanJ. At least, not now. Perhaps when the new orchid starts to get a bit bigger you might think about re-potting or perhaps you might think about separating the two orchids all together. Congratulations, it's a girl.

Rob
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Congratulations, you have a basal baby. You should wait a little while for the baby to grow roots 1.5-2 inches and separate the baby from the mother. Next, you need to put the baby in a separate pot and take care of her like all adult orchids. You can learn more about how to grow an orchid from a baby here

Михаил Гречников
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  • The link is to a site in Russian and of limited use to English speakers – kevinskio Dec 28 '23 at 16:35
  • HI, please post the essentials from the link here. Readers should not need to click on links to see the answer. Links are perfectly valid or attribution or for additional information. – Rohit Gupta Dec 29 '23 at 02:04
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to propagate orchids you have 2 options

1st method is the Stem Cutting method which you mentioned in the question.

2nd method is the Keiki Cutting method. (the best way in my opinion)

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keep the keiki with its mother for now until gets at least 2-3 leaves and at least 1 inch long roots

caution only separate the plants when your keiki is ready there is no need to rush as @rob suggested

1 ) water the mother plant the day before you choose to separate the two to give the keiki a better chance of survival.

2) then cut the baby orchid below the roots so that it can sustain itself with it's own roots.

3) pot your new orchid in a suitable growing medium just like the mother has.

:) free orchid

keiki = baby in Hawaiian

seedelicious
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