How do you plant and care for Dendrobium officinale at home?

Many enthusiasts of Dendrobium officinale cultivation (home potted growing) often fail to find the little tricks for how to grow Dendrobium officinale, so the Dendrobium officinale cannot grow well. Today, the editor will teach everyone how Dendrobium officinale cultivation (home potted growing) can be better planted and maintained!

1. Planting methods for Dendrobium officinale

1. Division propagation

Among many Dendrobium officinale plants, choose one plant with vigorous growth. After it finishes flowering, take it out of the pot and cut it from the base of the stem. Be careful to remove the old rhizomes and minimize damage to the root system. We can pull the roots apart directly by hand; there is no need to cut them with a knife. Treat the main plant as one group and cut off the surrounding old roots. How can new plants be formed? Place the new shoots in the middle of the pot and keep filling in new substrate.

2. Shoot division propagation

This situation applies to Dendrobium officinale that has already been planted or potted for more than 3 years. If small plantlets have grown at the top of the stems of some Dendrobium plants, this method can also be used. How should the small plantlets be selected? It is best if they have three or four leaves and two to three roots. After cutting them down from the mother plant, also pay attention to treating the wound. Just smear it with plant ash. When planting the plantlet into the pot, be careful to plant it shallowly.

3. Cutting propagation

This propagation method can be carried out together with repotting and division. Because the rhizomes of Dendrobium officinale are thin and long, and new shoots can grow from every node of the stem, this method is relatively suitable. When choosing branches, choose those that have not flowered, and cut them into several sections based on two or three nodes per section. Be careful to treat the wounds the same way as in shoot division propagation. Insert the stems into the substrate. The substrate is best made by mixing moss and peat. Do not insert them completely into the soil; keep half in the air. Within one week after cutting, there is no need to water, but pay attention to moisture retention; just use spraying. After one to two months, new shoots will grow out, and after 2 to 3 years they can bloom with beautiful flowers.

2. Care methods for Dendrobium officinale

1. Heat preservation

The growing conditions of Dendrobium officinale favor high temperature and high humidity. For both deciduous and evergreen types of Dendrobium officinale, a relatively large day-night temperature difference should be maintained during overwintering. If the temperature difference is small, it will seriously affect the growth and flowering of Dendrobium officinale.

2. Moisture retention

The growth of Dendrobium officinale likes sufficient moisture, but it must not be too wet. If it is too wet, it will affect the roots of Dendrobium officinale and cause poor growth, and may even lead to death.

3. Shading

Dendrobium officinale likes to grow in a semi-shaded environment. In spring and summer, shading work should be done well, but during the winter dormant period, the growth of Dendrobium officinale needs more sunlight, so the shading degree should be less than in spring and summer.

4. Frequent spraying

In sunny, dry, and hot seasons, water should be sprayed around the potted plant to increase air humidity, while in the rainy season, the air humidity is relatively high, so there is no need to spray water, and there should be no standing water in the pot.