AusBonsai

Hey all,

Never heard of this stuff before but came across it and thought it to be very interesting...

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1519101409

They call it Keiki paste and it is meant to clone an orchid by growing a new plant on an undifferentiated node. Very strange. Would be great if they came up with something like this for other plants and trees.

I know theres a few Orchid keepers on here, keen to hear your thoughts.

Cheers,
Mo


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Flowering plants (as opposed to conifers) are divided into 2 groups called monocots and dicots. Dicots have 2 seed leaves (called cotyledons, hence di-cot) and grow into trees and shrubs. Monocots have one cotyledon and include all the grasses (including cereal crops like corn), palm trees and orchids. They have quite different biology to dicots and I think the keiki paste acts on processors that unique to monocots. I do remember using some but can't remember results. Both phalenopsis and dendrobiums that they use this on produce keikis without the paste, but it makes it more likely.

Interesting... So it grows a whole new plant from the stem? Have I got that right?

Cheers for the info,
Mo