An exotic beauty is difficult to find in the jungle, and even harder to grow in a greenhouse. She blooms for the first time in the seventh year of her beautiful life. Then he pleases with his color once, or even twice a year.
In nature, there are many species, subspecies and hybrids of orchids. This is the seventh of all colors on the planet. They mainly prefer tropical and subtropical climates. Orchids grow on bare rocks, in impenetrable jungle, high in the mountains, in trees, on land and in water.
The orchid at home has become a fashionable trend in recent years in the field of plant growing. The most unpretentious care is phalaenopsis.
First, you need to transplant a flower from a greenhouse pot to another, home. Preference remains for an earthenware, but more affordable plastic transparent pot, at the bottom of which additional holes can be punched for better ventilation of the roots and drainage of excess water. Orchid substrate can be purchased at a specialty store or prepared by yourself. It should be loose, with pieces of charcoal and pine bark. The next transplant if the orchid is cramped.
Based on my own experience, I believe that watering is sufficient once every twenty days using the immersion method. Pour water at room temperature into a vessel and immerse the pot with the orchid there for one hour.
Six to ten grains of citric acid can be added to the water. Such feeding is done only between flowering.
Any orchid loves changes in night and day temperatures. It is necessary to ventilate the premises, but without drafts.
The east side is considered the best location for phalaenopsis. It also blooms well in the west if the daylight hours are fourteen to sixteen hours. But flowers must be protected from direct sunlight. The orchid will delight even in winter.
