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Originally Posted by jay  Orchidflowerchild, What do you mean
'you can knick the rhizome about halfway through four or five bulbs back. THe plant's response to damaged rhizome will sometimes be to break an eye or two behind the damage.'
Do you actually mean cut it with a blade?
Jay |
Yeah, just take a notch out of the top of the rhizome between a couple of bulbs. I use a clean, fresh razor, cut just a wedge out of the top of the rhizome, dust with cinnamon, keep it dry for a day or two, and sometimes, the back eyes will break. I did that with my Hadrolaelia perrinii that is growing down the side of the pot. The older bulbs in the pot just marched right across in a straight line. Now it has two new growths popping out back there, and the four new front growths are chugging right along.
-Cj