Regal and exotic orchids are considered quite capricious plants. Taking care of them is quite difficult for a beginner to cope with. But there are varieties of orchids that are not so demanding and can please us with their unique flowers at home.
Remember the famous fictional character Rex Stout, the fat Nero Wolfe? His hobby was the cultivation of various varieties of orchids and breeding new ones. He would be very disappointed if he got acquainted with most of the articles about caring for orchids, because too many of them talk about the common phalaenopsis variety, silently ignoring the fact that in fact there are many more orchids.
Let's look at a few examples of orchids that are undemanding to care for.
Here, for example, cattleyas, which bloomed in Wolfe in abundance. They will delight you with large flowers of white, yellow, pink and red. The flower is quite lush, with color transitions. This orchid needs to be transplanted into a larger pot periodically (about once every two years).
The oncidum orchid blooms with rather small flowers, several flowers on the peduncle look like a delicate airy cloud - very graceful and gentle. Caring for this orchid is also simple - transplant as the plant grows, timely watering.
Wanda looks like a real Asian plant - long dense leaves, large bright flowers, mostly from white-pink to blue-purple. You must be extremely careful with the aerial roots of this orchid, because in the ground they can rot.
Dendrobium orchid - small flowers on a dense stem look like a neat, compact bouquet.
Maxillaria are bright, variegated, with narrow leaves. In photographs, they remind me of daffodils, but only from afar, and the colors of these orchids are much richer.
Useful advice: if you decide to start any of the above varieties of orchids at home, carefully study the advice of professionals for caring for orchids, because despite the fact that these varieties are considered rather uncaptious, nevertheless, an orchid is an exotic plant that requires some care, more careful, than the same hibiscus.
