Orchids

[davholla]

Has anyone ever propagated a shop bought orchid ?

[davholla]

[cambourne7]

.....nope, but the ones i have are devided by splitting which i shall be attempting for the first time next year when i attempt repotting one of my orchids.

Do you know what kind of orchid you have?

[davholla]

Thanks for the quick reply, sorry about my slow reply.  One is Phalaenopsis

[SnooziSuzi]

Have never propogated one myself, but one of the Amatueur Gardeners editions for this month has some advice on getting them to flower for a second (third etc) season...

[davholla]

Have never propogated one myself, but one of the Amatueur Gardeners editions for this month has some advice on getting them to flower for a second (third etc) season...

That is easy one of mine has been flowering 90% of the time for almost 3 years.