{"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

How To Plant Orchid Flowers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Where To Plant Orchid Flowers?<\/h3>\n\n\n\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

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4. The pseudobulbs should be\nat the height of the compost surface, with the upper half of the rhizome\nexposed and the lower half buried. Do not forget to leave space in the\nupper part (from 13 to 19 mm) for watering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. If the container -special for this type of plant- is made of clay or plastic , place pieces of broken pots in the bottom (explained above); then wrap with coconut fiber as a base<\/p>\n\n\n\n

chosen for support; Put a\nthin layer of sphagnum moss as a wet base for the plant, pressing it\ngently. Distribute the roots to plant or fix then the plant with traces of\ntree bark or tied (with strips of nylon stockings passed through the rhizome\nand without damaging the buds) to a piece of tree stem that covers the radius<\/a> of the matero already conditioned , so that it is\nfirm and does not move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOCATION ALONG WITH OTHER PLANTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– Along with bromeliads, the\nkey is “together but not scrambled”: bromeliads usually occupy much\nmore space than orchids, in addition to being larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– along with coquettes: it is\nnot uncommon for them to grow by themselves with orchids, but be careful not to\ngrow too much, because they take away space and access to the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– along with ferns: the same\nas with coquettes, with the aggravating situation of being a refuge for worms\nand cockroaches, as are bromeliads. A too dense foliage will not let the\nculture medium dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– along with other orchids: it\nis not uncommon to see “monsters” grow next to “dwarfs”,\nthe former will surely overshadow the latter. It is preferable that they\nare close but not in the same pot or container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Under trees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) Rinse the top of the tree\nwhen it gives an excess of shade. A very dense shade can not only be\nexcessive for your plants, but it will also encourage excess moisture, which is\na common rot factor in roots and flowers. This problem is avoidable if you\nchoose a tree that does not tend to excess leafiness, and depends on the orchid\nyou choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Placing orchids under palm\ntrees or “sticking” to them is not always a good idea, especially if\nthe leaves of your palm are heavy, because falling can damage your plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) If you use a tree as a\n“tutor” to house orchids, place them at your\nfingertips. Possibly consider that this is not necessarily very aesthetic,\nbut it is the most practical to take care of them. Also, if you place them\ndirectly on the bark, fix them with strips of nylon stockings that you no\nlonger use, firmly but without disturbing the buds that will be the new bulbs\nand putting, between the bark and the plant, a piece of fiber of coconut\nbecause it is more resistant to deterioration over time and the proliferation\nof harmful fungi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e) Type of bark: some are more\nsusceptible to good anchoring than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

f) Deciduous trees: some trees\nlose their leaves in dry season or immediately before flowering and fruiting,\nwhich will naturally leave their orchids unprotected from the sun’s\nrays. This is not necessarily harmful, in fact some orchids will benefit\nfrom this “extra” light, as long as the loss of the leaves of the\ntree occurs during the months of the shortest and coldest days of the year. Among\nthe orchids that benefit we have all those that in nature face the same\nsituation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

g) Finally, if you have trees\nthat provide good conditions for the orchid planting, use them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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