Dec
9
2008
Top Orchid Care Tips in Growing Great Orchids
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When growing Orchids, these are the top tips we can suggest. Orchids can be easy, or difficult to grow and care for. Selecting the right Orchid, and understanding what it needs will greatly help your Orchid care experience.
- Most Orchids love humidity. Putting a humidity tray under the plant, or a rocks with water under them, can help very much. Do not sit the plant in water, but instead it should be above the water.
- Don’t fertilize too much or too little. You can just fertilize with a 20-20-20 one in every 3-4 waterings.
- Don’t put a shade Orchid in the sun. Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum Orchids love shade, but if you put them in the sun they’ll burn.
- Don’t put bright light Orchids in the shade. Dendrobiums and Oncidiums like bright light, not shade.
- Repot every 2-3 years with the correct size Orchid bark. Oncidiums, Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilums, and Dendrobiums like premium Orchid mix for repotting. For Phalaenopsis Orchids, use sphagnum moss for repotting. Cattleyas and Vandas like a medium bark for repotting.
10:25 pm, 11 December 2008
I have an orchid that has bloomed and I have removed the old dried stem from the plant. Where will the new stem develop? What are the tubules for and what do I do with them growing all over the sides of my pots.
4:40 am, 15 December 2008
What kind of Orchid do you have?