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Orchid Keikis : Your Top 8 Questions Answered
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2024
- Top 8 Questions & Answers about Orchid Keikis
An orchid keiki is a baby replica of the mother plant, a clone with the exact same DNA, reproduced asexually-not by pollination. This new baby plant will display the same flower pattern, shape, colors, and texture as the mother plant.
Keiki means “the little one, child, or baby” in Hawaiian, which is where the term originated.
When it comes to orchid propagation, many questions arise. Below are the most common questions about keikis and detailed answers on how to care for them.
The 8 questions are:
1) Why do keikis form?
2) What do keikis say about the health of my orchid?
3) What's the difference between a keiki and a flower spike or new root growth?
4) How do I get rid of (inhibit) keikis?
5) What is keiki paste and how does it work?
6) When do you remove keikis to repot them?
7) How long does it take keikis to grow?
8) How do you repot keikis?
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Observation: I'm so sorry for the sound quality (volume and pitch) on this video. I had my microphone turned up too high and didn't realize it until the end, when I uploaded the video. :( I'll correct that in the upcoming videos.
Happy Cultivating!
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0:00 Introduction to Keiki - Baby Orchids
0:46 Where do Keikis form
2:16 What does a keiki say about my orchid
4:43 Keiki or New Root?
5:16 How to hinder keikis
5:52 How to Induce Keikis
6:49 When ot Remove them
8:14 How Long Before Repotting
10:23 Summary of Orchid Keikis
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Very informative. Thank you!
Thank you!
Great video .. hope your well Amanda Thankyou
Very useful video! Love keikis and get so excited every time my orchids grow keikis
Hi Anna, I’m sorry it took so long for me to write you back about your comment. I was on vacation and didn’t log onto my UA-cam. Thanks for commenting on my video. I appreciate it and was glad it helped.
@@Orchideria Thank you. I hope you had a great holiday!
Always so informative ....thank you so much❤
I have a phalanopsis orchid that has one healthy keiki. It has been attached for around 2 years because I didn’t realize I could remove it. Now the keiki has 2 flowers in bloom. Do you recommend I separate the keiki once it has finished blooming or just leave the plant as it is? Please share the pros and cons of both are options. The mother plant looks healthy to me.
Your plants are nice!
Fantastic video
Hi Amanda! I have a question if possible to answer please! How long about does it takes to a Keiki to start making roots? My orchid has made three keikis with lovely leaves but it's been almost a year and they haven't made any roots yet🙄
I liked your video, but you didn't mention how to remove a keiki from the stem and not the flower spike. It seems like it would be more difficult because one might damage the stem in doing so.
I just purchased Cattleya Red Lip How to care for it
Thanks 😊 your video was really useful!
Hi Nidia, Thank you! 😊
I notice two new growths on my orchid spike .....I'm very excited that it may be keiki. I feel like I'm a new mother ......first pregnancy with no idea what to do
This was very helpful. Thank you
Hi Cranberriesgirl Hype, Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. I appreciate it. By the way, I love your user name! It's awesome!!
@@Orchideria 😃 aww thanks! I got the nickname Cranberries girl when I was a teenager in late 90s cause I played on my guitar & sang their stuff at a local coffee house. I always tired to mimic the lead singers vocals.
My Keiki has 4 purple leaves and only have a root about half an inch it came off a orchid I was giving to save which was I was giving it care the keiki came up I though maybe it was because I was giving it good care but it died. So I have just a stem with with a kieki on no sure what to do
I’ve had good luck with spider plant “keikis” (term used just as a comparison) when I put the babies on soil and carefully pin down the stem to secure the little plant atop the soil. Could this be done with the orchid keiki that appears on the flower stem? I know the flower stem won’t bend as much as the spider plant’s, but place the pot on a ledge above the mother plant and encourage the keiki to adopt that media?
I don't own any fertilizer all I do every second week is feed then milk is this enough. I have powdered some egg shells which I intend giving them as well will this suffice as fertilizer
Can you please share how to fertilise baby orchids
I have 2 Basel Keikis , do you think they will separate themselves?
Love your program question should have light over my plants or not?
Hi Mary, Thank you! Yes, you should have some form of indirect light. Not bright sun, nor full shade.
Hi!! So my orchid has a seed pod.. can u make a video on what to do with that or how to grow orchids from seed? I have a bunch of seeds I ordered on line and there’s not much info online for growing from seed.. any ideers? Ps your orchids are beauties. I developed a collection too once I realized how not to kill them lol I’ve been watching your videos and getting educated :)
If my orchid had two keiki's but doesnt like its conditions and i have it in the big chunky bark orchid medium is it ok/recommended to repot the mother plant into something more favorable and then pick the keiki's off when they are ready and stick them into the new pot with the mother? If so, considering one of the keiki's has 4 leafs and 3 roots is there an amount of time i should wait after repotting before i pick it off? (like to give the mother time to adjust etc)
Thank you so much for this video! It was very informative!
I have 2 dying orchids no leaves but still has the spikes on one the stem is starting to dye and has 2 keikis on the other the stem is still green all the way and has a keiki will these grow and will the leaves come back on the mother plant
And I have a Keiki
Have the stem in a glass of water
Hi, I have a question regarding my dendrobium Nobile keniki. It has roots and lots of flowers but no single leave. Shall I wait with separating it from mother plant or wait for leaves to grow. Also, can I separate another Keiki with leaves and roots while blooming? I would be very grateful for your answer,I am new to plants. Thank you!
Hi, your orchids look beautiful!
I would really appreciate if you can help me with the problem with one if mine orchids.
It almost died, it lost all of its roots. I have put it upside down with leaves inside the water. After few months it started growing healthy roots, and a basal keiki. Now the roots have grown big and there are 9 of them in total. I was thinking that it may be the time to report it, but not sure how to do that, since the mother and keiki are growing on the opposite sides. The roots of the keiki is actually common for both keiki and mother orchid, in the place where it should be separated. Is there a way to do something to save them both? Or to give them some more time? I'm afraid to hurt them, they have had lot of hard time lately.
Thank you!
Hi Tijana, thank you for watching my video and for leaving a comment. I appreciate it. Since it is a basal keiki, then don't separate it from the mother orchid. It's almost impossible to keep the basal keiki alive. Usually when the keiki is on the spike, it's easy to separate them. But when the keiki is on the bas eof the orchid, it's too near the main stem. By keeping them together it won't hurt the orchid, and they grow this way in nature. You'll just have a bushier orchid in the long run.
My Keiki is blooming and the mother plant has started spike and bloom too. Should I just let it grow?
Hi Richard, That would depend on the root system and leaves. Are they healthy and plentiful? If yes, you can let both the flower spike and the keiki grow together. This will put a little strain on the orchid, but it can handle it. When the keiki has three roots (or so) you can cut it off. If the root system of the mother orchid is struggling, cut the keiki off now, so the orchid can have some energy to get that spike up. If the roots and leaves are in horrible shape, cut both off and let the plant recuperate. Thanks for watching.
@@Orchideria seems to be. Even the spikes have spikes from the mother. Thanks.
@@Orchideria Thanks, it's doing all the things the videos say it shouldn't do. I have open flowers on the Keiki and the mother plant. There are multiple flower spikes on the mother flower spike too.The keiki has big roots and good size leaves. It's summer up here in Canada.
How to grow or make keike?
Hi, I am new to your site and new to orchids. I recently purchased an orchid from a grocery store. It was in a clear glass vase with no medium at all just all the roots in an empty plastic container. The instructions said no direct sunlight and water every 3 days by soaking in water for 30 minutes. I did not put it in any medium just left it the way it was and watered the way they said and it it just thriving. There is new growth from the main plant and has 2 kaikeis both coming out of the bottom of the crown they have roots. How can I remove them without killing the mother? I just started to fertilize it once a month with a commercial fertilizer in the water ………..Thanks, Mike. Also I love your videos and I live in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Hi Michael, Thanks for watching my videos. I appreciate it! I wish I were in a warmer climate like Mexico right now...we just got a snow storm. About the keikis, wait until they grow roots before removing if not it will be really hard to keep them alive.
Oh, I just read that they are on the base, not the flower spike. In this case, leave them on. It's too risky to take them off.
Help..
Mayb you can help me, cant find info on keikis with O roots. Bought an orchid from a groc store in great condition (phal) the flower kept its blooms for 2-3 monthes..yea. it was crazy so after the blooms finally fell, 2 keikis produced at the top of the stem, and both had blooms and leaves( yep, crazy again) so letting it do its thing, waiting on roots, now. 2 monthes still no roots but leaves are getting bigger and im getting new growth on one of them, not sure if its a leaf or stem yet, one keiki broke off by accident, but no roots so i had no choice but to try to propagate somehow by using damp sphagnum moss in a cup..but i dont know if thats ok..do u have a solution so i dont lose it?? Thank you, enjoyed your video very much.
Hi Peacemaker, Thanks for your comment. Grocery store orchids have tons of hormone stimulant that make them grow fast and keep producing blooms. That is why your orchid is blooming like crazy and producing so many keikis. They rebloom much more frequently than other orchids from orchid nurseries. The bad thing is that there are so many hormones, it's confused and only producing leaves, but no roots. Since one spike has already broken off, you did right in placing the whole keiki in sphagnum moss. It will grow roots in time, (*fingers crossed) but treat it Iike you would with a reuperating orchid with no roots. It's no different in that sense, except it's a bit weaker. If it is growing leaves naturally, the roots should come along with time. As soon as it's off the mother plant, the hormones will slow down and maybe it can catch up and figure out it needs to be producing roots. It could be a hit and miss though since the leaves aren't yet capable to provide all the nutrition that they need. Without good roots (or any roots) there's really no way to know if the keiki can make it. So you did the right thing and there really isnt much more to do. Just keep an eye on it.
@@Orchideria awesome!! Thank you!! Ok then. Its a wait n see. Good thing to know that. I will keep u updated on the progression in case somone else has this issue. Again, thanks for your fast response!!
Oh,one more thing..should i use a root stimulate? I bought some just in case but havnt used it yet..mayb too much hormone at this time for it?
I'll be looking forward to it!
My orchid give a keiki then when has 2 leafs I put some cotton all over and water e times a week. After this started growing roots. When they are 2/3 inch a take off the cotton and notice a blooming spike at the keiki and other in original spike. Now start to open the flower’s
I got a orchid that has big yelloe circle on the middle of the leaf how do i fix this
Hi Mary, It's hard to know exactly with out a picture, but it might be sunburn. If it's in the middle of the leaf and it's only yellow, (not brown, mushy, black) that would be my guess.
Hey can you plz look at the flower I just now done a video of. I dont think it's a baby but it's not normal growth....plz help
Hi Brandy, I'd be honored to. I'm on your channel, but what video is it? What's the title of the video?
Your information is very good however you show pictures not related to what you are speaking of. Closer views of the item would be helpful as well. This would be helpful to me at least. Thanks
Hi Scottie, Thank you for the input. Sometimes I don't have enough footage of the topic I'm talking about, so I have to include videos of other orchids. For example, in the keiki video, I only have 1 keiki at the time I filmed. There's only so much of one keiki that I can film and it not be boring or repetitive. I wasn't aware it's a distraction. I'll work on that. In any case, thank you for the feedback. It helped me. :)
@@Orchideria thank you for your response. I learning tons and will watch out for future videos.
My orchid produced a kekei on the flower Spike and also a basil kekei. I left the one on the Spike for almost a year. It's now producing 2 flower spikes of its own. Is this okay so do?
Hi Ricky, yes, you need to leave the basal keiki, since removing it will be really hard without damaging the stem. It will be okay.
The keiki on the flower stem is also okay to leave?
Hi Ricky, Yes. You can leave the keiki on the flower spike until it has sufficent leaves and roots. Then cut it off. If still needs the nutrients from the mother plant. Once you remove the keiki, check the roots. It's not normal to have a keiki that has a flower spike, but it could be the amount of flowering hormone that nurseries give their orchids. It takes a while to get rid of all their products.
Hi Amanda,
My Phalanopsis orchid had 2 flower spikes.
I did not cut these spikes. About 1 month ago, I noticed the lower leaves turning yellow and dropping off. I just realized that it may be magnesium deficiency. So I started using Epsom salt water weekly. I also shifted my orchids from my bathroom to outdoor in the shade about 2 weeks ago.
I noticed keikes on both flower spikes 2 weeks ago. Now I notice new leaves on my orchids and the keikes are still growing well. Does it mean that my orchid was stressed inside the bathroom and suffered from magnesium deficiency ?
Hi Ananda, It certainly looks like that. The keikis could have been induced because of poor conditions but if the new leaves are now growing, it seems like the orchid likes it better now. The orchid can grow both the keiki and the new leaf at the same time, but it's going to need a little more water and fertilizer. Not much more, just a tiny bit more.
@@Orchideria thanks , can I ask what fertilizer that you suggest. Am thinking of using Osmocote
Hi Ananda, Osmocote works for 6 months, then you have to reapply it. I use it with my Catasetum but haven't tried it with Phals. I think it should be good, just reapply when needed.
@@Orchideria can I know what fertilizer you recommend for Phalanopsis ?
I don't know if they sell it in Kuala Lumpur, but I really like KelpMax or Liquid Kelp (which has seaweed in it). They probably sell it but under a different name brand. So far, my Phals have responded best to it than any other. It has an extremely low NPK ratio, but on the good side, it has tons of other nutirents that most fertilizers don't. If they don't have that in Malaysia, you can try a 20-20-20 mix.
Keiki means 'child' or 'children'.
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