Nancy, Treat it as you would your mature Catasetum's, I am no expert on them, but I have a several and one produces keiki's on it regularly. I just pot them up when they break off, or I take them off. They grow like the larger plants and go dormant when they are ready. They will start growing the next spring and should flower for you in a couple of years.
Tom Hillson On Oct 8, 2006, at 12:08 PM, nancy wrote: > Greetings - > Two keikis began growing on the oldest pseudobulb of a > Catasetum...one came loose in a storm, so I removed > both and have mounted on a piece of wood. > Size: the newest p'bulb is about infant forearm sized, > the keikis baby finger sized. > My concern - I'm not sure if these are big enough to > survive winter dormancy if I allow/encourage them to > lose all foliage. Would it be better to try to keep > the foliage intact, or let them enter dormancy? I > would guess that these need the same type of care as > seedlings - do breeders let seedlings go dormant? > Thanks for any advice - Nancy > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "If it's beautifully arranged on the plate, you know > someone's fingers have been all over it." > -- Julia Child > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
