Gosh, Susan.....I used to have a patch of those things that grew under the bench of my little greenhouse.... They seemed to be always throwing Keikis, and any time someone visited the greenhouse and even mentioned them, they went home with a baby or two.

When it came time to move, I would just collect a few of the Keiki's and take them with me to be set out under the bench at the new location, and when the greenhouse was disassembled, I would just pull the remaining plants up and discard them.

I suspect you could just pin a stem down to the ground, or into a pot, and it would either root, or throw a baby plant. You might try nicking the stem in several places and breaking it over at the nicks....the injuries might trigger a flurry of baby plants.

Reed Stems are so prone to multiplying that I suspect anything you do to them will get results.....Whatever you can think of, just try it and hang on. One thing is for sure, you probably ain't gonna kill, or even upset mama.

Have fun.

Bill

Thanks for your come back! I have the orange epis all over my garden (central florida), I give them away like you mentioned. I have since started to collect all the colors hoping they would thrive like the orange, not so. They are not nearly as vigorous so far although they are beautiful and show bloom all through the year. I have rose, baby pink, red, yellow, lite purple, dark purple and have just aquired one that comes out pale yellow and turns to peach and pink as they mature. I would love to have a display of all these colors through the landscape and it would give me some starts for trading. I am gonna take a shot at it anyway and will post my result.

Another question for you, I signed up for this web just before the format changed. I very much enjoyed some wonderful trades off the list. Where, on this site, do you find listings of trades available. I have some maxillaria tenufolia splits that are going strong and all are blooming, would love to trade these and others to build my collection. Could you advise me on this or do you know of other sites for this purpose.

Again, thank you for you comment, have a wonderful spring! Susan

Susan, I'm the complete nubie here! Only been around about three weeks or so. I was a member of the original GW so long ago I don't even remember it. When the big change came about I was notified that I would have to renew my membership or be dropped. I checked it out, and found the African Violet section (have a new interest in those thingies now), so decided to renew.

I then found this orchid section, and with my extensive background in things orchid, decided to see if I could help some of the folks learning how to grow orchids, or at least ease some of the anxieties that seem to infect new growers.....Or create more confusion for them, depending on your view......☺

So, I'm not the one to help you finding trading partners...sorry.

Bill

Thanks Bill.

Nice epis! I am starting to appreciate this type. I also am starting to collect the fat petaled colored ones. I've only seen these at Cal Orchids and the variety of colors and variations on a theme is astounding.