How to Grow Cymbidium faberi? Detailed Guide to Cultivation Methods and Precautions

Cymbidium faberi, many households grow a pot of it, and especially after it blooms, it brings great joy, but many friends always run into various problems during the growing process, which is very worrying. So how exactly should Cymbidium faberi be grown, and what should be noted during cultivation to avoid problems? Let's take a look below.

How to Grow Cymbidium faberi

Cymbidium faberi should be planted as soon as possible after division, and a medium-sized flower pot can be used as the container. During the operation, first fill in a small amount of potting soil, then place the new division in and hold it upright, fill in soil, press lightly, water once first, and then place it in a shaded spot. Note that the placement location should avoid direct drafts from cross-ventilation. Generally, no fertilizer should be applied within 4-6 weeks. It is best to shade the plant for several days before allowing it to receive normal light.

Cultivation Methods and Precautions for Cymbidium faberi

1. Cultivation Methods

1. When growing Cymbidium faberi, use dedicated plastic pots, purple clay pots, and tile pots for planting. When using a new pot, it needs to be soaked in water for one day before use.

2. When watering Cymbidium faberi in summer, water in the evening. When watering in winter, water on a sunny afternoon. In spring and autumn, water during the daytime. Because summer weather is hot, more watering is needed then; in the plum rain season, water less or not at all; in the cold winter with low temperatures, water less; in early spring when temperatures are relatively low, water less; in late spring when the climate is mild and it is the germination period, water more; in the dry autumn, water more.

3. When fertilizing Cymbidium faberi, choose slow-release orchid-specific fertilizer or organic fertilizer and mix it into the substrate, generally from March to June and from September to November each year. During seedling growth, mainly apply nitrogen fertilizer; during flower bud differentiation, mainly apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer.

4. In spring, Cymbidium faberi should receive full light. In early summer or autumn, the shading rate should be above 70%, and in summer, shading should be above 80%.

2. Precautions

1. When growing Cymbidium faberi, the new pot used for planting must be soaked for more than one day first.

2. When watering Cymbidium faberi, be sure to follow the principle of watering more on sunny days, watering less on cloudy days, and not watering on rainy or snowy days.

3. During the seedling growth of Cymbidium faberi, mainly apply nitrogen fertilizer; during flower bud differentiation, mainly apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer.

4. In summer, be sure to shade Cymbidium faberi by more than 80%.

Propagation Methods for Cymbidium faberi

Cymbidium faberi is usually propagated by division, sowing, and tissue culture, while home cultivation generally uses the division propagation method.

Common Diseases of Cymbidium faberi and Their Control Methods

1. Southern blight

It mostly occurs in hot and humid places. It often occurs on seedlings, infecting the roots and leaves. After the infection period, at the junction between the base of the rhizome and the planting material, its characteristic white mycelium appears. When the pathogen enters the base of the stem, the leaves are very likely to fall off.

Control methods: 1. 50% Tolclofos-methyl wettable powder at 1000 times, or 2. 50% Fudoning wettable powder at 3000 times, or 3. 75% Miepuning wettable powder at 1000 times, spray the growing substrate. After spraying, stop watering for 5-7 days. Remove diseased leaves, diseased plants, and nearby planting material and burn them, and nearby plants should immediately be sprayed with control chemicals 3 times or more.

2. Anthracnose

It can occur throughout the year. Its pattern of occurrence is that as the plant grows larger, poor ventilation or improper management, and high temperature and humidity alone make it more severe. After the leaves are infected, small needle-tip-like faded spots appear and gradually expand, and the color of the lesions gradually deepens; later, dark brown lesions appear, and most lesions will heal together into irregular large lesions, causing the leaves to wither and fall off.

Control methods: Spray 25% Propiconazole emulsifiable concentrate at 2500 times, or 50% Propiconazole-manganese wettable powder at 6000 times. Prune off leaves with lesions, and apply high-concentration pesticide solution to the wounds. Apply potassium fertilizer moderately, use sterilizing agents reasonably, and apply chemicals in the early stage of disease onset, but attention must be paid to preventing phytotoxicity. The cultivation environment needs to be improved to provide good ventilation, reduce humidity, and reduce the spread of disease.

Although Cymbidium faberi is prone to problems during cultivation, especially damage from pests and diseases, the editor has already introduced prevention and control methods for everyone. Just follow the methods. In addition, if you want the Cymbidium faberi you grow yourself to grow well, reasonable watering and fertilizing are key, but more importantly, careful care.