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What are the results of using Kanuma soil? Guoxiangju shares a practical test.
I started using Kanuma soil to grow orchids in 2004. At first I mixed it 50% each with Xiantu or northern Jiangsu mountain soil and used it in clay pots. Since northern Jiangsu mountain soil is not very good in various respects, and Xiantu also underwent different qualitative changes in that era, the mixed use did not achieve ideal results....
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How to Increase the Germination Rate of Orchids? Practical Methods Shared
Most orchid growers hope their orchids will produce plenty of new shoots, which brings up the question of how to increase the orchid sprouting rate. Drawing on my own experience growing orchids, I believe effort needs to be put into the following aspects....
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Orchid growers' years of accumulated experience in orchid leaf care, shared
Since most varieties of Chinese orchids bloom only once a year, the orchid leaves have become an important object of appreciation, and there is even a saying that "watching the leaves is better than admiring the flowers." The leaves on each pseudobulb of an orchid grow out only once and cannot regrow new leaves, which makes the care of orchid leaves all the more important....
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What fertilizer is best for Phalaenopsis? Growers share their fertilizing experience
Since becoming obsessed with Phalaenopsis, one question has puzzled me for years: why are the flowers I grow never as numerous or as robust as those sold in the flower market? A while ago I had the opportunity to visit a Phalaenopsis growing facility, and I also asked the owner in detail about some of the finer points of their management. ...
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The Best Time for Repotting Orchids and Changing the Growing Medium, Plus Experience Shared
Orchids are perennial herbaceous plants, and their growth rate is relatively slow. Like other plants, orchids also need a relatively stable environment to grow, which means the growing medium in the pot and the surrounding environment need to be relatively stable, and frequent repotting and medium changes are not suitable. ...
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How to manage orchids during the flowering period? An experienced orchid grower shares his experience
From the emergence of the flower bud to full bloom, careful control and management are essential, along with necessary manual shaping, otherwise it is difficult to achieve upright blooms with elegant form. Moreover, the same variety, due to improper management of light, temperature and humidity, can produce coarse, inferior flowers at full bloom, with abnormal spirit, charm and color...
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Orchid Watering Experience and Practical Methods Shared
Wan Yunkun Since ancient times, there have been sayings about cultivating orchids: "Three years of practice to master watering" and "Only when art reaches its most difficult point does one truly understand orchids." Indeed, in orchid cultivation, as the time spent growing orchids grows longer, I have found that watering is truly quite difficult. In fact, poor root development is mostly caused by unsuitable watering causing excessive transpiration differences in the potting medium, because understanding of the medium's characteristics is not...
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How to grow Cymbidium faberi? Practical care tips shared
Some flower enthusiasts are not quite sure how to grow Cymbidium faberi. Most of them buy flowering, established Cymbidium faberi plants; after blooming once, they have to wait patiently for several years before it blooms again, and some even grow thinner and thinner until they fail, especially wild-collected plants. What is the reason?...
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How to care for Phalaenopsis orchids? Growers share their experience
Many growers' Phalaenopsis orchids are purchased plants or gifts from others, so how to care for Phalaenopsis becomes the first issue growers need to consider. Although it is not easy to kill a Phalaenopsis, it is indeed difficult to grow one well. Based on growers' experience, this article summarizes the daily care and precautions for Phalaenopsis, for growers' reference....
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Why won't orchids bloom? Growers share their experience
I often hear from fellow orchid growers that their orchids have not bloomed after several years of care, and they do not know the reason why orchids fail to bloom. Generally speaking, a normal mature orchid, as long as it has formed a connected plant of two or three growths or more, can under normal circumstances bloom if it is cultivated properly...
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