I would cut the mushy part off of the stem and let the keikeis develop some more. They don't look to be mature enough to survive off of the cane, yet.

As for the smaller grownths, I've found that a plant that's suffered a lot puts out several small growths and eventually works up to large growths again. I'm facing the same probem with some of my dends that I fried over the summer. One of mine suffered a major bacterial infection and waited four years before putting out new growths of any sort.

Dends like sun, so you could probably throw them outside and they'd be happy as can be. You may want to slowly acclimate them, especialy since they've had some health issues.

Stacy

That happened to one of mine (Super Ise)a few years ago. Most of the keikis had tiny roots or none at all. The plant was dead. I removed the small growths and potted them in sphag keeping it moist. Most did not make it. I think I have two which are still alive. They eventually grew enough to send out a new growth. I think it took two years.

You don't really have a choice, pot them up and see what happens. Frankly, with so few roots, I don't think its worth the time or effort. Buy a new plant.

Jane

Those are great little keikis. You probably won't get them off the stem by hand yet, so use a sterilized ( by fire) knife to cut them off the stem. The stem won't help them as it's going to die anyway and will soon be full of bacteria. Put them in a small pot with some sphagnum moss. The stuff you scratch out of your lawn will NOT do. Sorry if you find this hard to get, but it's by far and away the best. A poor second is shredded blotting paper - mainly 'cos it has chemicals in it. Water with dilute fungicide and place the pot inside a transparent plastic bag. Keep in good light without direct sun and warm temp. Leave it there as long as you think fit. I'd give you better than evens.

Thank you all for the info. Nice to see you on this side Ifraser25! Thanks for the compliment. They do look surprisingly good for a forgotten experiment. Little green tips. Too cute. Goes to show you that ignoring orchids is the best thing to do. I forgot about these until I moved my collection for the summer. The 2nd cane with the single kei kei had a live eye and was growing roots at christmas. Went away for the holidays and had an orchid baby sitter. There went the roots ;-( but the kei kei hanging in strong and the cane is hard. No rot. That kei kei can come off the cane soon. Want to give it the max time.

You are funny IFraser25! Not hard to understnd at all, even in English. No I use Chilean Spag, not the lawn. LOL. I will spag and bag them. They are used to my maximum light but I suppose I can pull it back. I do have to question why there should be a reduction in light? I though little or sick plants should have the best light possible?

After I posted I took Stacey and Jane's advise and cut off the rotten part, There was more rot hiding further up right next to the 1st kei kei. so they have to come off and take their chances. They have been in full afternoon sun in the window plus cfls and tubes. This was just an experiment, but worth the learning. I won't get upset if they don't make it. (ok a little) They don't come from the Burana. They are NOIDS from the dust bin. Thought it would be interesting to see the entire growth process.

However Ms. Jane, I can't seem to part with the Burana Den-lette. You are so cruel, woman! :-)) I drove it up from FL... It was riding "shot gun" with me. We were sick together. What can I say? We have history. It's like the pathetic boyfriend that you can't seem to get rid of.

You are probably right, I should get a new one but I have the space so I'll keep it around for awhile. I doubt I will ever see flowers from it again in my life time. They were pretty. Dens are just not the best plants to grow indoors in z-5. In Florida I had no problems, they grew like weeds.

Why do Dens do this? produce den-lettes? I have had my share of sick and injured plants through the years but Dens are unique in their recovery.

I am off to operate! Wish me luck!

"Dr" Clara Maria

I take the small keikeis off my dens after saturating the stem area, make a twisting motion and it pulls right off. The excess moisture makes the keikei very pliable.

I place the keikei in a two inch pot with sphag, no bag, and keep it in the same light as the parent. It usually needs to be watered every third day since I let it totally dry out. Within six weeks, you should have roots 3-4" long and ready to be up potted or mounted. I just mounted three the other day that started out with roots less than 1/2" long.

Brooke

Thanks Brooke
They came off fairly easily. 1 mini-root on each required the blade. Soaked them in Physan and rooting hormone, little ST. Put them in a tiny plastic container. Rock on the bottom spag on top. They are used to light. They have been taking direct afternoon sun on the window sill and supplimentals. Thanks for sharing, I have hope for them. They are too cute! Wish I could freeze one as is!

Clara

"Wish I could freeze one as is!"

You might as well. It will be a long time before it does anything. Remember - high light when it was attached to the mother plant. It was getting its moisture from there. Now its on its own. Doesn't have much in the way of roots. You might want to watch the intensity of the light.

Good luck,
Jane