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

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

Setting Orchids

Setting Orchids

Purchased plants need to adapt to new conditions. Often it happens that orchids (especially Phalenopsis) flourish quickly or very quickly lose the flower and not develop buds. This is due to the violent change in breeding. Orchids are grown in the purchase of greenhouses, and subsequently transported and some time behind the flower shop almost no light. Then the plants become very sensitive to light. From March until the end of September, this may mean the death of the plant.
For most species, the most appropriate is east or west window shelf. For species Cattleya, Vanda, Dendrobium and Cymbidium, the appropriate policy is to the south window, while the northern location is not recommended because of the lack of light, especially in winter. Phalaenopsis, Paphiopedilum, Ludisia grow better in a bright room, but not in direct sunlight.
For many species of orchids, it is useful to be placed during the summer on the balcony or terrace, but only when we are sure that the night temperature does not damage the flowers. In early autumn they put back in place. Fresh air is strengthen orchids and has a beneficial effect on their flowering. Specifically, it is very useful for the Cymbidium, Zygopetalum, Nobile Dendrobium, Cattleya.
Orchids can be successfully placed in the basement, if we where ensure them the artificial light, heat and adequate ventilation.


Setting Orchids