Orchid Growing Tips: How to Sustain Your Orchid Collection with Orchids
Xiyan, a top-grade green cymbidium with red plain-color lip. Its distinguishing features are a bright red lip that extends to the tip of the tongue. The surface of the lip is vividly and completely colored with strong depth, and the underside of the lip is entirely red, making it one of the representative varieties of Anhui red plain-color cymbidiums.
Author: Guanqi
First: Truly love orchids
This is the foundation of growing orchids well, and only with this will you grow orchids regardless of whether they are expensive or cheap. When they are expensive, they are material wealth; when they are cheap, they are spiritual wealth. Do not rejoice when prices rise, do not grieve when prices fall. Even if orchids are worthless, the money you put in is simply spending on a hobby, so keep a happy mood.
Second: Have a good mindset.
A person's mindset is actually very important. Those who are willing to take a small loss are more likely to feel happiness, and those who do favors for others are also more likely to receive returns. People who haggle over every penny and always want to gain small advantages often cannot let go of many things, and their chances of success in growing orchids are also smaller.
Third: Treat new orchid friends kindly.
Give orchids to others, and fragrance lingers on your collar. Not only should you give guidance on growing to new orchid friends, but you should also give them culled varieties to practice with. Over time, you will gain recognition from more orchid friends. From a selfish perspective, building connections is also the foundation for future development.
Fourth: Integrity first
A person cannot stand without trust. If your character is poor, no matter how good your flowers are, orchid friends will keep their distance, and long-term development is impossible.
Fifth: Solid technique
Knowing how to grow orchids and understanding orchid nature is the foundation of growing orchids, and this requires constant exploration during the growing process. The development of the internet has greatly facilitated the exchange of experience among orchid friends. Only by referring to others' methods and summarizing your own experience can you grow orchids well.
Sixth: Clear goals
When growing orchids, you should act according to your means and based on your own economic conditions. Choosing a few varieties that you like, that orchid friends recognize, and that your economic conditions allow, and growing them in larger quantities is the correct direction. Be sure not to covet having many varieties. Regardless of price, as long as the flowers are good and you grow them in quantity, your efforts will always yield rewards.
If your economic conditions are good, you can choose a few high-priced varieties with good flowers and slowly grow them in larger quantities. Orchids are not to be feared for being bought at a high price or for falling in price; what is feared is introducing varieties with problems, or following trends and introducing poor-flowering varieties that no one will want later.
If your economic conditions are poor, you can choose a few low-priced old varieties. The fact that old varieties have been passed down naturally has its own reasons.
Seventh: Do not rush, do not fret
The process of growing orchids is a long-term process of accumulation: accumulating technique, accumulating varieties, and accumulating quantity. Success involves a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. Wanting to become an expert overnight and to possess many famous varieties overnight is impossible, even if you have a lot of money.