In this video, the vlogger will illustrate how to propagate vanda like JVB and Velthius vandas using the top cut method.
To use the top cut method, it is very emperative that you know how to identify which part of the vanda orchid is a good candidate for top cutting inorder to have a successful propagation. The vlogger emphasizes that so select the vanda orchid to top cut, it should have some roots above the point where it will be top cut so that the upper part that is cut will survive because it has already the roots that will go with it. The roots with a minimum of 1 root should have a least 5 inches long.
Also, since we are cutting the top part, we would like to have the bottom part to be alive as well or else we defeat the idea of propagating since it did not multiply. Inorder that the bottom part will stay alive, it should have at least 2 leaves that will stay with the mother plant. We call the major part as mother plant, since it is the original where we get the top cut part.
Then after the cut is made, the vlogger also demonstrate how to attach the top cut part to a pine tree. Additionally, the vlogger will show several successful top cut propagation that was made a long time ago which still show the top part being cut and now have several growths in them.
After this demonstration of top cut propagation, the vlogger shifts to a strap vanda orchid which is a different type of vanda. This strap vanda as illustrated hardly make some roots above the leaves. Also, if and when ever it got some roots in the upper leaves, it would be hard to make a top cut because of the densely leaves position. So, then another way to propagate this strap vanda is through keiki propagation.
Keiki propagation is to have the mother plant make an offshoot, and for this method, we just wait for the mother plant to make one. As of this writing, I don’t even know if there is a way to induce the mother plant to make keikis.
Please watch the video to learn more about the easy vanda propagation technique.
