Tips for growing orchids

Tips for growing orchids

Tips for growing orchids
1. Orchids should not be exposed to sunlight heat, particularly in the midday hours, but be sure to have enough light. The apartment is on the cultivation of orchids the most appropriate east and west windows.
2. The orchid for growing need high humidity. Ensure you to place the container in a room filled with water. Very effective way of damping is to spray plants with sufficient care for the humidity of the air.
3. Water for watering orchids should not contain too much calcium.
4. Orchid roots need moisture, but they sometimes leave to almost completely dry. Excess water is always more dangerous than its lack. Only in summer days, when the new shoots of the most intensive growth, we can be a little more carefree.
5. Air roots should not be removed until they are fresh.
6. Very practical for transplants are prepared substrate mixture for orchids, which you can buy in the flower shop.


Tips for growing orchids


Tips for growing orchids

Orchids and Parasites

Orchids and Parasites

Phalaenopsis orchids should be transferred approximately once a year. Use the appropriate size of the crucible and the plant transferred to a special soil for orchids (substrate), which is to settle around the roots, while at the same time provide room for root aeration.
If a flower needs medical attention ...
Phalaenopsis orchids should be reviewed if the aphides, cochineal, mites and snails. Cochineal is one of the most common parasites in the Phalaenopsis orchid, and it can be removed with a soft cloth or cotton cloth, soaked in isopropyl alcohol. Cinnamon and isopropyl alcohol are ideal for natural resources in your locker with drugs for the orchids.


Orchids and Parasites


Orchids and Parasites

Orchids Care-Light,Light,Light !

Orchids Care-Light,Light,Light !

Light, light, light
Phalaenopsis orchid likes space on a bright, preferably on the east window. It is also suitable the west window, but be careful for a direct hot sun, which burns to the list. In winter the plant prefers moving to southern window, the same applies even if the windows overlap the curtains or the tree.
Appropriate temperature and humidity
Phalaenopsis orchid corresponding temperatures between 18 ° and 27 ° C. The optimal cultivation try night room temperature maintained at 18 ° and a day between 22 ° and 27 °. Temperatures above 30 ° can slow growth, while the cold night temperatures in the fall to promote the growth of stems.
Phalaenopsis orchids enjoy a moderate level of humidity. The ideal level of relative humidity ranges between 50 and 75%. In a heated room is best to place the plants in the tiny tray for moisture, filled with sand and water.
Use a fertilizer
Watering depends on the type of substrate mixtures that you use and the environment. Your orchid start watered about once a week. During the period of active growth of orchid use fertilizer.


Orchids Care-Light,Light,Light !

Orchids-A Dash of Mystic

Orchids-A Dash of Mystic

Orchids have always been accompanied by a dash of mystic. When Orchids was brought from the New World, around them outbreak a fever. Many seekers and orchid collectors have lost lives; they was looking for new and unusual orchids, in order to accommodate the desire of wealthy amateurs orchids. Today craving after these wonderful plant remains. How do arrange for them to be able for longer enjoy their color and beauty, read below.
What is the right Orchid for beginners?
The best type of orchids for newcomers is the Phalaenopsis. The colors of the flowers are all - from pure white to almost black. No other type of orchids has not much different colors and textures of flowers such as Phalaenopsis. Its additional advantage is the incredible long life cycle of flowers, as it often thrives up to six months.


Orchids-A Dash of Mystic

Transplantation of Orchids

Transplantation of Orchids

Orchids must be transplanting, when the soil is too broken, or it is impossible to access the air to the roots. In addition, the drying time of base station became longer, which represent a threat to root system. Usually orchids are transplanting in spring or summer. It is important to install the plants in the pot. Orchids produce large and thick quasi-tubers, which takes quite a lot of space on the surface of crucible. It is good to determine the direction in which they occur both upwards and install transplanted plant that could grow in the same crucible for about two years.


Transplantation of Orchids