Performance of Selected Orchids under varying Light Regimes, Culture Methods and Nutrition (Record no. 25702)

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Personal name Sabina George Thekkayam
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Title Performance of Selected Orchids under varying Light Regimes, Culture Methods and Nutrition
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Vellayani
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Department Of Horticulture, College Of Agriculture
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1996
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Degree type PhD
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Summary, etc. The present study was undertaken to evolve agrotechniques for cut flower orchid production in Kerala. Two experiments were conducted at the College of Agriculture, Vellayani in 1991 and 1992 with two popular cut flower varieties namely Arachnis Maggie Oei ‘Red Ribbon’ and Dendrobium Sonia – 16. The effects of varying light intensities and nutrient regimes under two methods of cultivation were assessed in Arachnis Maggie Oei ‘Red Ribbon’ (Experiment 1) and in Dendrobium Sonia -16, the performance under varying light intensities and nutrient regimes was evaluated (Experiment 2)

In Arachnis Maggie Oei ‘Red Ribbon’, trench culture was found to promote growth, flowering and the floral attributes. The number of leaves, aerial roots, leaf area and plant height were greater in the trench grown plants. The number of inflorescences produced, their branching, length and vase life were also enhanced under trench culture.

The effect of light intensities on growth was mediated through interactions with culture methods and nutrients. The trench grown plants under 50 and 75 percent light had a greater number of leaves and leaf area. The plants receiving 500 ppm of P and K under 100 percent light had a shorter stature. The direct effect and interactions of nutrients on growth were observed at certain months during the experimental period which was indicative of differences in the requirement at different stages of growth. The dry matter content of the stem and apical shoot was greater in the plants receiving 500 ppm P.

Inflorescence production and the vase life of inflorescences was greater under 100 and 75 percent light. Branching of inflorescences was greater under 75 percent light.

In Dendrobium Sonia -16 the number of inflorescences produced was greatest under 75 percent light. The length of the inflorescences was greater under 75 percent light and the span area of the flowers was greater under 50 and 75 percent light. Nitrogen at 500 ppm increased the length of the inflorescences, the number of flowers in an inflorescence, and the span area of the flowers. The number of inflorescences produced was also greater in the plants receiving 400 or 500 ppm N, 400 or 500 ppm K and in those receiving 500 ppm P.
Interactions between the nutrients and between light intensities and the nutrients were also observed.

The nutrient composition of the leaves in both the cultivars were enhanced by the 400 and 500 ppm doses of N and P and 500ppm K.

Based on the observed effects, in Arachnis Maggie Oei ‘Red Ribbon’, trench culture of plants under 75 to 100 percent light and a nutrient dosage of 300 ppm N, 400 ppm P and 300 ppm K from planting till nine MAP and thereafter a dosage of 400 to 500 ppm N, 400ppm, P and 500 ppm K can be recommended. In Dendrobium Sonia -16 growing in pots under 75 percent light with 400 to 500 ppm of N, P and K can be recommended.
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