{"id":337,"date":"2019-04-20T16:53:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygardenguide.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2019-04-20T16:53:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:53:44","slug":"how-to-water-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygardenguide.com\/how-to-water-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Water Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Despite the fact that orchids are one of the most beautiful<\/strong> , coveted indoor plants<\/strong> and perhaps the most sold, very few people know how to water an orchid correctly. Table Of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Water your orchids preferably in the morning: this way you will give\u00a0the growing medium\u00a0time\u00a0to dry, it will take advantage of the\u00a0morning’s\u00a0highest\u00a0metabolism\u00a0of the plant and will avoid burns by the\u00a0joint\u00a0action\u00a0of water and\u00a0sun\u00a0.\u00a0Never exaggerate the amount of water in the irrigation (water until all the roots change from white to light green), some water in the periphery of the plant is not harmful as long as the place is not already very wet for your orchid.\u00a0On days of intense\u00a0heat\u00a0you can water the orchids more frequently and reduce the\u00a0temperaturewatering around the plant as previously indicated;\u00a0Obviously, in rainy season suspend or minimize the risks.\u00a0Irrigations should also be diminished gradually when a plant evidences to enter in rest, this becomes patent when its orchid does not present growth of new roots.\u00a0The ideal is to buy orchids that match their seasons of growth and rest to the environmental determinants of their region (see the section ”\u00a0Toleranceto the drought. “) Take into account that the orchids, according to the species, range from those that do not have a definite rest (that is, the spaces between irrigations only lengthen, and the rest can end in just weeks), to which they need marked rest (that is, the risks are suspended almost completely or completely and that their rest can be relatively long.) It is a primordial rule to respect the rest of an orchid so that it acts as a trigger for the next flowering. Remember that when watering your orchids, you must do it in a way that mimics nature (sprinklers or sprays) and gives the growing medium time to dry (not necessarily completely), to prevent the orchid from passing the night very wet; This is the most important reason why you should water your plants in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In most plants, whether indoor or outdoor,\u00a0you can and should establish irrigation guidelines: every “x” days and so much water.\u00a0<\/strong> To know when is the\n“ideal” time to water, in most orchids we will have to use\nobservation. <\/strong>
The maintenance of the orchids is very simple<\/strong> , but it requires to be quite cautious with essential aspects, such as lighting and irrigation.
An inadequate watering will inevitably end with the death of the orchid. <\/strong>Especially if we water more, since the orchids tolerate better a lack of irrigation than an excess of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEstablish\nan orchid watering pattern<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This way of watering plants, so rooted among us, does not work with all orchids.
Orchids are plants with a tropical origin<\/strong>\u00a0, which in most cases live\u00a0epiphytes\u00a0on the branches of trees, on stones or on leaf litter, without reaching their roots are buried in the substrate.\u00a0
They are used to obtaining the water they need from the humidity,<\/strong>\u00a0through their leaves and their roots.\u00a0It is those tropical humidity conditions that we must reproduce, as far as possible, inside the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen you have to water the orchids<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nIn others, it is possible to establish irrigation guidelines, but\nwith many peculiarities.
\nLet’s see when you have to water most orchid genera:<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen watering orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n