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How to cultivate orchids? These technical key points must be mastered
1. Select an orchid-specific pot of appropriate size with breathable round holes. 2. Disinfect the selected pot, the prepared growing medium, and the orchid plants with carbendazim or thiophanate-methyl. 3. Cover the drainage hole at the bottom of the pot with a piece of tile (broken and overlapped) or a special plastic mesh or aluminum mesh. Then use bricks, tiles, or shells to gradually...
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How to care for orchids in early spring? Master these care techniques
Early spring is the full bloom period for Cymbidium sinense (Chinese orchid) and Cymbidium goeringii (Spring Orchid), and also the budding period for Cymbidium ensifolium (Four-season Orchid) and Cymbidium kanran (Cold Orchid). Early spring has many cloudy and rainy days, with large temperature fluctuations, and cold waves that tend to recur, which is extremely unfavorable for orchid growth. If poorly managed at this time, it can lead to root rot and bud rot in orchids, and can even cause flower rot in Cymbidium sinense and Cymbidium goeringii that are in full bloom. Because...
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How to Master the Frequency and Timing of Fertilizing Orchids
The orchid fertilizing season should begin in late spring and end in late autumn, that is, it should be concentrated in the growing season. You can fertilize once a day, or once every 2-3 days or once a week, depending on the specific situation. After fertilizing, wait a certain interval before watering, so as to help the absorption of nutrients and also to wash away any remaining fertilizer. When fertilizing, the temperature should be moderate; ...
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How to grow orchids? Master three aspects and four elements
Four elements of the orchid-growing environment: ventilation, temperature, humidity, light. Four elements of orchid growing medium: air permeability, moisture retention, nutrient efficacy, pH value. Four elements of orchid care management: watering, fertilizing, disease prevention, disease treatment. A fellow orchid grower asked me whether orchids can be grown in an air-conditioned environment in winter and summer! I think that growing orchids in an air-conditioned room only solves one of the four environmental elements
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How to grow orchids? Mastering the seasons is the key to growing orchids well
The sprouting, growth, flowering and fruiting of orchids are closely tied to the seasons. If you cultivate orchids according to the seasons, they will thrive. From January to March come the solar terms Minor Cold, Major Cold, Start of Spring, Rain Water, Awakening of Insects and Spring Equinox. During this period the flower buds of Chinese Cymbidium (Cymbidium goeringii) form. Orchids like warmth but fear dampness, and like dryness but fear aridity, so water a little around the rim of the pot. As the rain nourishes them...
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How to Water Orchids? Master the Key Techniques of Water Management
Water management for orchids is very important and is one of the keys to success or failure in growing orchids. As stated in "Linghai Lanyan" (Orchid Talks from Lingnan), "There are living methods for growing orchids, but no rigid rules" - water management should be handled even more flexibly. 1. Newly potted orchids must never be immediately drenched with "settling-in water." Transplanted orchid plants inevitably suffer some damage to their roots and rhizomes, making them prone to bacterial infection...
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To identify orchid varieties, master the three-look method
Variety identification is an appraisal of an orchid's overall qualities and the branch of knowledge that best demonstrates a grower's skill. For this reason, orchid masters through the ages have been especially cautious about it, never jumping to conclusions, and have always upheld the "three looks" principle. First, look at the leaf shape: "enjoy the flowers for a time, admire the leaves all year round." In the flowerless season, people identify famous orchid varieties...
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How to sprout narcissus? Master these methods for fast sprouting
Narcissus is also called Luoshen Xiangfei, Lingbo Xianzi and so on, and its flower posture and colors truly live up to descriptions like xian and Xiangfei. Overall it gives people a feeling of elegance, dignity and grandeur. No wonder it is deeply loved by flower lovers. When many people want to plant narcissus themselves, they are curious about how to sprout it. Let's take a look at exactly how to do it.
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Why is the Cymbidium faberi 'Xianhe' called an exceptional masterpiece?
The Xianhe exceptional masterpiece is prized for its rush-pith stalk, multiple flowers on a single stalk, and whole plant of emerald green; its outer petals are of standard lotus form, upright and large, fleshy and thick with a waxy texture, while the inner segments are in the form of a narcissus; the flowers are neatly arranged and it even carries floral artistry. Most striking of all, the lip petals of each flower are all different - some with a fringe tongue, some with a square-notched tongue, some with a large round tongue, some with a small round tongue - giving people the feeling of "the Seven Fairies descending to earth," loved by all who see it and making them linger, truly a newly discovered treasure among green Cymbidium faberi lotus-form flowers.
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Loumei Huilan Orchid Variety Introduction: A Classic Huilan Meibian Masterpiece
Petal type: Green-shell lotus-form narcissus petal. History: Selected during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1892) by the Lou family of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, hence the name "Loumei." Legend has it that after the host had finished entertaining guests and was seeing them to the door, this huilan happened to unfurl its petals and release its fragrance, so the host invited the guests back to admire the flowers, hence it is also called "Liumei." Characteristics: The three outer petals have large heads, fine root contractions, flat shoulders, light...
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