My Back Bulb Project

December 7, 2011 in Orchid Notes & Culture by Masood Raja

C. lawrenceana bakbulbs

Since I repotted quite a few of my plants, I also, when possible, divided the larger plants. That left me with a set of four back bulbs from the following species:

C. eldorado
C. intermedia
C. lawrenceana
C. schroederae

I followed a simple method suggested by Chadwick and Son as well as Richard Lindberg (Check his blog). I placed some sphagnum moss, slightly moist, in a zip lock bag, added my back bulbs, each set in a separate bag of course, with their respective tags, placed the bags in a box and placed it in my closet.

The temperature needs to be above 75 degrees for this to succeed. So far, the C. intermedia and C. lawrenceana have started developing new growths. The other two will also probably succeed, but it has not been long since I “bagged” them. I will report on this further, but for right now I am happy to report that this method seems to be working.

After the growths develop, I will plant these bulbs in the smallest possible pots to encourage root growth. We shall see!