The Cymbidium is a tuberous plant that develops bulbs, including several pseudo-bulbs. With a little skill, you can propagate a Cymbidium orchid yourself. You simply have to divide the plant when you repot it anyway. How to Divide a Cymbidium.
How to divide a Cymbidium orchid?
To divide a Cymbidium orchid, remove the plant from the pot, remove the substrate and separate he althy bulbs with a sharp knife. Make sure at least three bulbs remain on the mother plant and there are enough roots on each section. Plant the sections in prepared pots and care for them like adult plants.
The best time to divide a Cymbidium
The best time to divide the orchid is when you need to repot the plant. You can use this opportunity to separate bulbs. Then you usually don't even need a larger pot for the mother plant.
The cymbidium is repotted immediately after flowering in spring.
Plant must not be too small
- Unpotting Cymbidium
- rinse old substrate
- Share root
- place in prepared pots
- water well
A cymbidium you want to share must not be too small. Remove them from the pot and rinse off the substrate. Look for any root parts that are rotten or soft. These will be separated and disposed of immediately.
If the cymbidium is large enough, separate a few bulbs. At least three bulbs must remain on the mother plant so as not to weaken the plant too much. In addition, there must be sufficient roots on each section.
How to divide the orchid
To divide, use a sharp knife. With very large specimens you often can't get any further without a saw.
Clean the cuttings thoroughly before use so that you do not transmit pathogens from other plants.
Continue to care for young plants
Prepare pots for the young plants. Like all orchids, the Cymbidium prefers a rather narrow pot. The soil must be well permeable to water so that the bulbs do not rot.
Place the pieces in the substrate and water them well. Rinse the cymbidiums with plenty of water for several weeks. But avoid waterlogging by pouring off excess water.
After about five weeks, the young cymbidiums will have grown to the point where you can continue to care for them like adult plants.
Tip
Like most orchids, a cymbidium cannot tolerate waterlogging. Create drainage in the bottom of the pot. Commercially available orchid soil or a mixture that you make yourself from compost soil, sphagnum and coconut fibers is suitable as a substrate.
