ORCHIDS-MOST POPULAR FLOWER

ORCHIDS-MOST POPULAR FLOWER

Orchids-most popular plant

Orchids-most popular plant

The name "orchid" comes from the Greek root orkhis, meaning "testicle".With an estimated 25,000 different types existing naturally and more being discovered each year, orchids are of the largest flowering plant families. Although they are commonly thought of as tropical flowers, orchids grow naturally in almost all climates.Phalaenopsis are among the easiest and most rewarding orchids to grow.Phalaenopsis is listed by the American Orchids Society as the first orchid which is appropriate for a beginning with some serious orchid growing.Orchids are also popular object in Chinese art and culture.

Orchids-most popular plant

Orchids-most popular plant

Orchids-most popular plant

Orchids-most popular plant

ESSENTIALS FOR YOUR ORCHIDS

Essentials for your Orchids

Essentials for your Orchids

ESSENTIALS FOR YOUR ORCHIDS

Keep them in a cool spot ( 18 to 22 degrees Celsius), away from direct sunlight, heating or cooling vents, direct drafts from a ceiling fan, and the tops of televisions, computers or radiators. Appliances like televisions and computers give off heat, causing flowers to dehydrate.

Essentials for your Orchids

Essentials for your Orchids

Essentials for your Orchids

Essentials for your Orchids

Essentials for your Orchids

Essentials for your Orchids

WATERING AND FEEDING ORCHIDS

White Dendrobium Orchid


WATERING AND FEEDING ORCHIDS

Tiger Orchid


When and how to water orchids are questions most frequently asked by first-time buyers,and watering is always the most difficult aspect of culture about which to offer advice.More plants are killed by drowning than any other single cause.
As far as water quality is concerned,orchids can generally be watered safely with ordinary tap water.However,never use water that has been through an artificial softener.

When and how to water orchids?


Orchids cannot live entirely on fresh air,and like other plants need moderate amounts of food in order to thrive.In the wild,much of this is provided in the form of gases given off by the decaying matter on the forest floor below-a method that has been adapted successfully by some growers of monopodial orchids in tropical and equatorial regions.

Watering and Feeding Orchids

Substrate for orchids

Substrate for orchids


Substrate for orchids

Different orchids require dissimilar substrates within which they will bloom. The orchids develop in the ground at a moderate temperature and in communal soil called as Bletilla. On the other hand, the Terrestrial orchid needs extremely porous and rich substrate. Besides, the young seedlings and plants require fine substrate as compared to the adult plants.

Substrate for orchids


Few of the worth mentioning substrates include:

Peat Moss: Also called as Sphagnum, is a classic compound available in majority of substrates for the orchids. It is prohibited picking peat moss, since this would imperil the plant as well as the disappearing habitat. The best quality of Sphagnum can be easily found in Chile and New Zealand. Its features include nice aeration and water absorption. Some orchids can grow their best in the substratum made exclusively of sphagnum, however, for majority of orchids it is mixed with the tree bark that do not retain water properly. Peat moss can be exercised for planting orchids on the tree bark, where the plant roots are wrapped in the moss and then are attached to small or large bark pieces. Various other mosses that grow in word are certainly not suitable for the orchid planting.

Shredded bark: It is the main ingredient included in many substrates, needed for the proper growth of orchid. The common bark that is found in this substrate is pine. Shredded bark comes in various fractions, including finely shredded, mid sized shredded and roughly shredded particles. In majority of the cases, the grower will exercise bark along with fine shredded bark particles.

Substrate for orchids

Why are leaves chained?

Why are leaves chained?


Why are leaves chained?
The problem occurs primarily in Miltonias and hybrids with Odontoglossums and Oncidiums. These families are vulnerable to the uneven substrate humidity and it reacted with the active and slows down the growth of leaves and stems. If you leave the substrate too long dry, after swamping growth quickly resumed. Leaves and arteries do not grow more evenly and be 'captured' in the older leaves, which they embrace. Young leaves, therefore, became chained and remains deformed.

Why are leaves chained?

Why does yours orchid not blooming?

Beautiful Orchid


Flowering is only one phase (phase generative) in the development of plants, which is in direct connection with the growth of green parts (vegetative stage). Some orchids flower, when the growth of green parts is closed, the others before it starts. In this rough division are still a lot of variations, which are essential if we are to prepare the orchid to re-bloom. Exact knowledge of the growing cycle of each genus orchid is therefore the key to success, if we want to see the flowers. Given the complexity and diversity of orchid family (Orchidaceae), it is impossible to create a transparent description of plant growth cycles and the formulas for flowering.
Phalaenopsis If the plant has a sufficiently strong and healthy leaves bloom when you move in a cooler area. The difference must be at least 5 ˚ C. Minimum temp. 16 ˚ C!
Cymbidium grows rapidly in spring, summer forms pseudo bulbs, autumn they ripen and in winter, however, thrives. In autumn the plants need to highlight the low-temp. (about 7 ˚ C) until the first flower. Otherwise, the plants only grow and not flower.
Dendrobium Nobile Type thrives on similar care as cymbidiums.
Miltonia and all the hybrids in this group of flowering is not precisely defined, is the shift between different genera and even between species within the genus vary.

Beautiful Orchid

Blooming Orchids

Blooming Orchids


Most popular orchids, phaleonopsis, may still in new branches blooming whole year and more. Most orchids otherwise not flourish so long, the average is somewhere between 14 days (miltonia, cattleya) and one month (cymbidium, paphiopedilum, oncidium). Only a day or two of flourish vanilla and orchids of the genus stanhopea.
How long to hold a single flower on the Orchids?
Inflorescence phaleonopsis and paphiopedilum can remain healthy and beautiful even more than four weeks, while the flowers cattleya becomes plain after 10 to 14 days. By the age of many orchid flowers start to change color until at the end does not redden and fall. These include a number of vandas (v. coerulea and hybrids), zygopetalum, cymbidium and others.

Blooming Orchids

Orchids Requirements

Orchids Requirements


Most orchids require the same care: like having a lot of light (not direct!) and plenty of water, which incidentally can not even stand in a decorative container, for flower it would be bad. If you foster your orchid properly, the new flowers, depending on the species, occur in three to six months.

Do not re-potting orchids too often in the new container. Normally, do this only a few times. And one more bad news - under ambient conditions is very difficult to reproduce orchids. Continue to do your best with orchids Cymbidium: once from the earth grows six germ flower is simply divided into two smaller flowers.

Orchids Requirements

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 !

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

Orchids -Most Beautiful Flowers

Orchids -Most Beautiful Flowers

If God really exists and he did something nice, so that could be women and orchids. Each one on own way radiates its own beauty, tenderness, charm and grace. Without them it would be life on earth boring and sad. In Orchids family belong more than 30,000 species of plants which grow in all climatic zones except the Arctic, the Antarctic climate and ice mountain areas. Their specialty is two-sex flowers, consisting of three provisional and three petals. Gives the typical appearance of the back leaves, known as labelum and is a different color from the other flower leaves. Beautiful flowers are a wide variety of shapes and colors, which are very long time persist in the plant, or cut off in the pot.


Orchids -Most Beautiful Flowers

Wonderful Orchids Flowers

Wonderful Orchids Flowers

On the flowers is worth the wait.
Sometimes it is necessary to first orchid flowers wait a few years, a possible long wait, the more are looking forward to the first flowers. In particular, since some types of orchids flower two to three months. We should not even think that orchids are interesting only for their flowers. On its own way orchids are pretty well as a green house plant. When we try to cultivate the orchids for the first time, we must carefully select the type of cultivation. We should starts with the one of the simpler types, which may be already on the window shelf ensure conditions similar to the natural environment orchids.


Wonderful Orchids Flowers

The Genera and Species of Orchids

The Genera and Species of Orchids

Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis is the most widespread genus orchid. You can bring up in the apartment, as well as in greenhouses. It was named from the Greek word phalaina - moth and opsis - because its flowers look like moth
Vanda
The name derives from Sanskrit’s name Vanda for the species Vanda tessellata. Their homeland is India, Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, southern China and northern Australia.
Paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum is widespread in southern China, India, South Asia and the Pacific Islands. It was named from the Greek words Paphos - the name of the city in Cyprus and pedilon - shoes.
Cattleya
In nature is found from Costa Rica to tropical Central America. Genus was named after William Cattley, which has successfully raised Cattleya labiata orchid species, which is used as packaging material in the transport of other orchids.
Cymbidium
The name derives from the Greek word kumbos - hole, because the lips are in the middle of a flower designed in the hole. Their home is a tropical and subtropical Asia (Northern India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo), and northern Australia.
Dendrobium
Their homeland is Asia, the Philippines, Borneo, Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The name derives from the Greek word dendron - a tree, and bios - life.
Oncidium
It is a genus that is very complex, as some species are reclasificied. The name derives from the Greek word onkos - swelling, whereas the lower lip flowers look like they were swollen.
Miltonia
This is a small orchid genus, which is named after Lord Fitzwilliam Milton, who was an English lover of orchids. Their homeland is the central and southern Brazil to Argentina.
Zygopetalum
Masdevallia
Epidendrum
Ludisia discolor
Hybrids: Burrageara, Cambria, Miltasia...


The Genera and Species of Orchids

All about Orchids-Cymbidium (Cymbidium)

Cymbidium Orchid

Cymbidium flourishes nice in the middle and strong light. Enough is morning sun or afternoon overshadows sun. During the growing season, these orchids prefer day temperatures between 23 and 28 º C and night temperatures between 10 and 18 º C. Our summer temperatures are suitable for plants, where they protect against hot and dry conditions. From spring to autumn, until danger of frost, is an ideal location outside "under the cap", or the tree.
In the racial season must be Cymbidium moist but not wet. During the coldest period, however, prefer less watering. Do not allow the order to the plant stand in water or to water stayed around the bulbs. If during the winter stand over the radiators, they need to be sprayed.
If night temperature in summer moving between 10 and 18 ° C, placed them in the north, overshadowing window. If the temperature will be too high, they'll not prosper. Ideally, by the summer transfer them on a free. There remain until the autumn until the night temperature does not fall to 5 ° C.
Watering frequently. It is also strongly watering (every month), the Rinse-off from the substrate accumulated nutrients. Winter fertilization is not necessary. It is possible, that you will have to remove at transplantation flower stalks (cut flowers to hold in the water even weeks after the break). Before planting, soak the substrate well. New container should be large enough for the plant so that it is in the same container for 2 years. Pseudobulb's should be above the substrate, should not be buried.


Cymbidium Orchid


Cymbidium Orchid

Nasty Orchids

Nasty Orchids

Orchids are really nasty. In fact, parasites. Evil.
And rude dear parasites. And pretty rude.
Rude and demanding. And all
which is still bad.
I take care for a very nice orchid; I got it in the light,
at the appropriate temperature, monthly cleaning dust with its
beef leaves and soaked in water over the weekends.
And I crop it, professionally. Always up to now at the winter was
beautiful bloom. And then it was great, I could just
watch and watch, not to be tired, so it is with
orchids. But this year it was decided not to bloom.
Since it does not. Set the new shoots and all that,
but buds are not.
Because it’s evil.
No wonder that the orchids found on the album
White Stripes title
"Get Behind Me Satan«...


Nasty Orchids

Orchids-The Sexual Power

Orchids-The Sexual Power


Exotic domestic window
In the cold days when the garden is left to rest, we finally have more time for the plants in the house. Among the most beautiful and most popular exotic plants, which during the winter with colorful flowers adorned the elegant homes, are certainly include orchids. Let's see, what the secret of their beauty is.
The sexual power
Attractive appearance of the orchid has always attracted people and burn imagination. Historical sources testify to the fact that the Teofrast, Plato’s pupil orchids named after testis (Orchids in Greek means the testes), whereas the vapor bulbs in appearance a strong hold on the fashion. It is because of the appearance of the tubers are the Greeks believed in their extreme power, so they have dried, grind into powder and mixed in drinks, which should act as aphrodisiac.



Orchids-The Sexual Power

How to Properly Care for Orchids

Properly Care for Orchids

Is it true that watering orchids once a month?
Orchid may fail due to several factors. When leaves yellow, it may be a sign of natural aging. Usually leaves remain on the plant at least a year, mostly as well as 2-5 years before the fall. If blush is therefore only one older leave, it is unlikely for a normal phenomenon. Leaves sometimes became yellow (but not eliminating) as the result of a lack of nutrients, especially nitrogen. In this case to plants add special fertilizer for orchids, or transplanted to a new medium for orchids, but always only in the period of grace.
Mostly is for the declines of the plants cause irregular supply of water - this may be too much or too little. If it’s too little water, plant leaves dropped to reduce transpiration area. Due to frequent watering or the retention of water may begin roots dying; leaves lose turgidity and start falling.
Orchids are very many species; in our country is the most of Phalenopsis, so I assume that there is a problem with this type. Phalenopsis or broad orchid should not stand in water, whereas the roots start dying. Watering only with the soft and at room temperature heated water and the care not to wet the middle - the heart of the leaves. During the intensive growth of leaves and flower water 1-2 times a week, in winter is enough once or twice a month. All types of orchids need very humid air.


Properly Care for Orchids


Properly Care for Orchids

All about Orchids-Mounting Orchids

Mounting Orchids

What is this?

It is the cultivation of orchids in a little different way. Instead, to be placed in pots, they stretched to a different basis. The base can take a piece of wood, basket, plastic root, which is designed for that purpose, or anything else. Most time use the wood, which must be of sufficient quality that it does not break. It may not be too smooth because roots difficult to stick. The most appropriate is the Acacia, cork, and the vine. Attach to the orchid by lacks, raffia or pant hose. In doing so, be careful not to break the roots. Next to fasten moss. If you collect moss in nature, wet it for some time in the water to get rid of tiny animals. Orchid is necessary to spray at the roots, because water evaporates faster than in the crucible. The plant can be attached to the hang-up, so that orchid grows up or down.


Mounting Orchids