{"id":923,"date":"2019-04-24T18:42:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygardenguide.com\/?p=528"},"modified":"2019-04-24T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:42:06","slug":"how-to-plant-orchid-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygardenguide.com\/how-to-plant-orchid-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Plant Orchid Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n\nMost orchid genera should be installed indoors in non-tropical areas. Only Vandas, Cymbidiums and some others can be outdoors when weather conditions allow it.
At home, look for a place near a window to provide sufficient light but without direct sunlight. Better in spaces where there is a certain relative humidity (sometimes the bathrooms if they have enough natural light can be a suitable place, also the interior terraces or greenhouses that are sheltered from the external temperatures).
If you want to locate it in a more visible area of \u200b\u200bthe house try as far as possible, place your orchid next to other plants (thus we ensure a microclimate with a higher level of humidity compared to other areas). If your orchid is alone in a slightly damp place, try to provide environmental humidity by regular sprays (without wetting flowers and avoiding puddles at the bases of the leaves or the central stem). You can also place it on a plate or container with gravel or ceramic balls where we will pour a little water but without touching the roots of the base of the container containing the orchid. In this way the water will evaporate little by little and create a little moisture around the plant.
Avoid dark places and \/ or extreme temperatures. Also avoid the proximity of air conditioners or heating radiators working.
Finally, orchids prefer sites without air currents but that can be ventilated (renewal of air) with some frequency. They do not tolerate closed environments, contaminated or with excess fumes or organic gases.
Surely in your house there is a suitable place to keep one or several orchids.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Planting Epiphyte Orchids<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n First, wash and sterilize the\ncontainers or pots you are going to use. They should be well prepared for\ndrainage, so place a good layer of drainage material on the base. Use\npieces of broken pots and place the large ones over the drainage holes and the\nsmaller ones on top. In small pots this layer should measure at least 1.5\ncm in height and, in large pots (more than 15 cm in diameter), 2.5 cm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Remove any grass, bract or\ndead leaves before removing the plant in its pot. Remove the Orchid from\nits container, gently removing the old compost until a large part of the roots\nis visible; submerge the base in water. Remove it and let it drain\nfor half an hour and then carefully remove the compost that has been stuck to\nthe roots. Do it with extreme care since many Orchids have very weak\nroots, which break easily. Cut the pieces of root you see in poor\ncondition; It is normal to find one or two dead roots. In addition,\nyou can cut the roots a bit so that the transplant is easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Place a layer of compost on\nthe drainage material and support the plant so that the base of the plant is at\nthe height of the edge of the pot. Carefully try to put some compost\nbetween the roots, before planting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Next, add compost around\nthe plant and on the root mass, reaffirming it well with the fingers between\nthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gently tap the flowerpot a\ncouple of times to make sure it is even and slightly reaffirm it. Position\nthe plant in such a way that the oldest part (the first posterior bulb) is near\nthe edge of the pot, with the newer parts – the young pseudobulbs – in the\ncenter of the pot. This allows space to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n