They are native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

That will make for spectacular plants if all the new growths don’t die and finish as flower spikes and have as many buds as the mother plant – and they all bloom about the same time of course.I have several Dendrobiums that have a bunch of viable pseudobulbs on them so will try for some keikis on those too. I had one plant in bloom die completely; another was infested by pests (probably it was more vulnerable or stressed?

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It is advised to be applied with a cotton bud or something similar and to avoid contact with the skin as lanolin can be known to cause irritation. TIP: It’s good practice to record in your plant journal which orchid you applied the paste and the date. Keiki paste includes several different cytokinin hormones that promote cell division and are added to lanolin which won't wash off while watering. Southside Plants (the makers of Crazy Keiki Cloning Paste) have found nodes closer to the base of the plant are more likely to result in a keiki (baby plant), while nodes closer to the flowers are more likely to result in a new flower stalk.

ENGAGE YOUNG MINDS - with an inexpensive STEM biology educational activity by showcasing how auxin and cytokinin hormones work. Crazy Keiki Cloning Paste is a specially formulated blend of hormones and vitamins that will convince your plant into stimulating a dormant node and create new growth.