Axillary buds explants from one year old Phaius tankervilliae plant were cultured on MS (Murashige and skoog's, 1962) medium without any hormone supplementation. Multiplication was carried out by using 1 mg/lit. and 0.1 mg/lit., BAP (6-benzylaminopurine) and NAA (α-naphthalene acetic acid), respectively.