- The best time to divide a Cymbidium
- Plant must not be too small
- How to share the orchid
- Maintain young plants
The Cymbidium is a bulbous plant that develops bulbs, including several pseudo-bulbs. With a little skill, you can propagate a cymbidium orchid yourself. You simply have to divide the plant for this if you repot it anyway. How to divide a Cymbidium.
The cymbidium must be large enough to be divided
The best time to divide a Cymbidium
The best time to divide the orchid is when you need to repot the plant. You can use this opportunity to sever bulbs. Then you usually don't even need a larger pot for the mother plant.
The Cymbidium is repotted directly after the flowering period in spring.
Plant must not be too small
- Unpot Cymbidium
- rinse off old substrate
- share root
- place in prepared pots
- water well
A cymbidium that you want to share must not be too small. Take them out of the pot and rinse off the substrate. Check to see if root parts are rotten or soft. These are immediately separated and disposed of.
When the cymbidium is big enough, separate some bulbs. At least three bulbs must remain on the mother plant in order not to weaken the plant too much. In addition, there must be sufficient roots on each section.
How to share the orchid
Use a sharp knife to divide. With very large specimens, you often cannot get any further without a saw.
Thoroughly clean the blades before use to avoid spreading germs from other plants.
Maintain young plants
Prepare pots for the young plants. Like all orchids, the Cymbidium prefers a rather narrow pot. The soil must be well permeable to water so that the bulbs do not rot.
Place the sections in the substrate and water them well. Rinse the cymbidiums with plenty of water for several weeks. However, avoid waterlogging by draining excess water.
After about five weeks, the young cymbidiums have grown so far that you can continue to care for them like adult plants.
tips
Like most orchids, a cymbidium does not tolerate waterlogging. Lay drainage in the bottom of the pot. Commercially available orchid soil or a mixture that you make yourself from compost soil, sphagnum and coconut fibers is suitable as a substrate.