![]() Deflasked Orchid Seedling – Progression Photo ![]() I’m going to break each one of these components down in detail and show photos of the process so that you’re able to understand and extract that information for your own seedlings or plants. Like my recommendations for standard orchid care, there are four main components to seedling care: root health (which we provide with a well-oxygenated but water-retentive environment and tight cycles of wetness and dryness), overall hydration (which we solve with active irrigation on a regular schedule), leaf health (which we solve with good light and localized humidity), and finally the building blocks for good growth (which we solve by providing premium fertilizer at a weak concentration). In fact, for most orchids I specifically recommend you DON’T use humidity domes because they frequently lead to rot or fungal issues which can quickly kill small seedlings. A lot of people told me those plants would die but with the methods outlined in this post, I’m going to share with you how I manage to grow even the tiniest seedlings in my dry home without using seedling domes or humidifiers to increase humidity. Sometimes the plants I deflasked only had a single leaf and barely a root nub (and while they didn’t all survive, a good chunk did). When I first started sowing orchid seeds in flask, I had issues with contamination and had to deflask seedlings early to save them. After deflasking my first orchid seedlings 2.5 years ago, and subsequently breeding and growing my own orchids from seed, I have been testing and observing different methods of seedling care for exceptionally tiny orchids.
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