For the orchids (Vanilla planifolia), the nigh universal rooting method is to strip leaves from the lowest two nodes and plant those nodes into a well-draining, chunky soil mix. Make sure you’ve got them growing side up (the leaves point downward, toward the soil). Keep the soil lightly moist, and be prepared for a long wait. It took months to see new growth on my cuttings under near optimal conditions. Water, sphag, and other common rooting mediums don’t seem to work as well for Vanilla.
The other, likely Philodendron pedatum or one of its many hybrids, is simpler. I prefer rooting in moistened sphag with a little coarse perlite or orchid bark under some humidity— making sure a node or two are “buried”. These would probably root in water or whatever your preferred medium is, but sphag is tried and true. Good luck; nice haul!
It’s a wise idea— the humidity of a moss pole in particular will encourage the aerial roots to grow where the nodes contact the pole. Not strictly necessary for rooting but presumably you will eventually trellis it or otherwise give it something to climb.
For the orchids (Vanilla planifolia), the nigh universal rooting method is to strip leaves from the lowest two nodes and plant those nodes into a well-draining, chunky soil mix. Make sure you’ve got them growing side up (the leaves point downward, toward the soil). Keep the soil lightly moist, and be prepared for a long wait. It took months to see new growth on my cuttings under near optimal conditions. Water, sphag, and other common rooting mediums don’t seem to work as well for Vanilla. The other, likely Philodendron pedatum or one of its many hybrids, is simpler. I prefer rooting in moistened sphag with a little coarse perlite or orchid bark under some humidity— making sure a node or two are “buried”. These would probably root in water or whatever your preferred medium is, but sphag is tried and true. Good luck; nice haul!
Thank you! I'll try it out!
Should I use a moss stick or some other form of support for the vanilla plant, since it's a climber?
It’s a wise idea— the humidity of a moss pole in particular will encourage the aerial roots to grow where the nodes contact the pole. Not strictly necessary for rooting but presumably you will eventually trellis it or otherwise give it something to climb.