catasetum keiki from broken roots?

catasetum-ian · #1 (**permalink**) 11-18-2011, 08:49 AM

bear with me for the lengthy explaination....
i had a ctsm longiflorum, that once fell to the floor and the pot was shattered. because i dun want to damage the roots too much as it was actively growing, i just scoop the entire of it and place in in a slightly bigger pot.
it grew happily for several months till i one i decided to pull out a weed that is growing beside it. only then i notice there is a bulb like structure at the end of the it....taking a closer look, it looks like a miniature version of my longifolium.
today i asked the vendor about it and he smile and replied that he read in a book that some catasetum broken roots can produce keiki!
HOWEVER I FORGOT TO ASK IF IT IS ONLY FOR LONGIFOLIUM OR OTHER CATASETUMS AS WELL.
here is the pic of the small keiki i removed and also here i would like some further info from the CATASETUMS GURUS here about the production of keiki from broken roots of catasetums.
thanks in advance

1joyceh · #2 (**permalink**) 11-18-2011, 09:22 AM

I can't answer your question Ian,
but that is great!!
thought the orchid was damaged, and get a baby out of the incident!!
I should be so lucky

psyc1210 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-18-2011, 09:27 AM

I am not a Catasetum guru, but a friend of mine found "root keikis" in his Fdk After Dark pot.

Fishmom · #4 (**permalink**) 11-18-2011, 12:22 PM

Gee, that's really a lucky find! I'm going to be watching the pots of all my catasetums. Do you think I need to dump one out on the floor for this to happen?

rcb · #5 (**permalink**) 11-18-2011, 11:09 PM

I've heard of it, never have seen it myself.

But one thing I've learned about growing Catasetums, is they are always surprising you.

Pretty neat, lucky you!

catasetum-ian · #6 (**permalink**) 11-19-2011, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcb

I've heard of it, never have seen it myself.

But one thing I've learned about growing Catasetums, is they are always surprising you.

Pretty neat, lucky you!

thanks for the clarification, so next step for me it to search on how to induce one

plantloverlisa · #7 (**permalink**) 11-19-2011, 11:48 AM

Great information, thank you for sharing it.

catasetum-ian · #8 (**permalink**) 11-20-2011, 12:23 AM

hah hah....BINGO...just found a citation, in chapter 3, pg 39 (under the root section ) from the book WORLD of catasetums by Arthur W. Holst, it did mentioned that occasionally new plant may arise from one of the main roots

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