Among the many plants available orchids are one of the easiest plants to grow using orchids stem. To be able to do it appropriately you will need to know exactly the right place on the stem to cut. To make this possible you need to basically know something about the orchid that you chose to propagate.

Orchids can either be epiphytic, meaning they thrive up in the trees, or terrestrial, meaning they thrive on the ground. If you know what exactly the kind of orchid that you are growing you can easily know whether it is epiphytic or terrestrial. You must also remember that using sterile tools in cutting your orchids is very important in order to prevent infection from developing. There are also basic steps that you can follow in order to cut the stems of your orchids appropriately. In following these steps, make sure you also follow the proper order. Orchids can be very vulnerable in developing infections once propagated; therefore it is important for you not to miss any step. It's also advisable to make use of cinnamon, which is a natural bactericide, on the cut ends of the stems; this is if you do not want any pesky diseases to be infesting one plant to another.

If what you are growing is an epiphytic orchid, most probably your orchid may be sending out aerial roots from one or more places on the stem. You should cut the stem just below these roots. Get a pot with a good drainage and put a small amount of potting medium in it. Place the stem in the medium with the roots facing down and put in additional medium just enough to cover the roots and to hold the stem in place. Water the new rooting abundantly but, make sure not to over do it and that the cutting will not sit in lots of water.

On the other hand if your growing a terrestrial orchid, cut from near the base of the orchid and see to it that you get at least one pseudobulb and a couple of roots. The potting you should use must have a moderate drainage. Put some potting medium and hold the cutting in place with the roots facing downwards. Add some more potting medium on top, again, just enough to hold down the cutting in place and cover the roots. See to it that the pseudobulb or pseudobulbs are above the potting medium.

Provided that the cutting is done right, the orchid plant that grows from your cutting should bloom in about a year. Growing an orchid from a stem is definitely easy. There are a lot of information available that suggests to put the instruments that you will be using in an autoclave to see to it that what you will be using are sterile. It is also suggested to scrub the cutting with a bleach solution before you should plant it. The sterile technique of propagating an orchid is generally most applicable if you are propagating an extremely rare and expensive variety of orchids. But for the hobbyist, the aforementioned steps will do just fine.