[OGD] Re: orchids Digest V5 #125

Re the note below
One of the accepted ways of repotting Dendrobium speciosum is to cut off 
every vestige of roots back to the base of the cane. It's scary to do it but 
it works, new roots appear not long after.
Mind you this is one tough species, I have seen people divide big clumps 
with an axe:)

regards
Guy
Sydney Australia

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Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 11:35:53 +0200
Subject: Re: Q&A --> tips for Jamaica
From: Frederick Depuydt <fdepuydt@xxxxxxxxx>

Hello all,

> 1. When you are about to pot them, please make a snip on the roots to
> encourage new ones much faster.
> Don't be afraid.
> It is like hair; if you cut it, it will grow faster.
>

Hair doesn't grow faster if you cut it. Contrary to what commercials
want you to believe, hair is dead. There are no blood vessels, nerves
or other communication paths in hair. There's no direct way for the
follicles to know whether the hair's been cut.

Snipping bare-root orchids ... I wouldn't recommend that.
Potting/repotting nearly always involves root damage, no need for
extra snips IMO.

regards,
Fred

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