How do you grow orchids? Ten taboos in cultivation that beginners must read

The first taboo is a small plant in a large pot. A large pot naturally means more potting medium, and more medium naturally affects air permeability. For small plants with short, small, and few roots, it is harmful and useless. Choose the pot reasonably according to the orchid's condition and the size of the plant.

The second taboo is frequent watering. Water is the source of life for orchids, and also the weak point of their lifeblood. Do not water and spray the surface as soon as you see the pot surface is slightly dry. When the pot surface is dry, the potting medium in the middle and lower part of the pot is still moist.

The third taboo is water entering the leaf center. Washing orchid leaves or giving them a shower is not impossible, provided that ventilation or a fan follows up to serve, in short, quickly blow dry the water in the leaf center. Otherwise, water entering the leaf center plus high humidity and high temperature is the source of the two rots.

The fourth taboo is not watering for a long time. Long-term overly dry potting medium causes orchid leaves to dehydrate, wrinkle, and twist, and roots to become hollow and tips to scorch.

The fifth taboo is shade with no sun. Orchids like shade, but that does not mean keeping them from sunlight. Growing in shade produces leaves but makes blooming difficult; growing in shade produces shoots but poor resistance. All things grow relying on the sun! Moreover, Cymbidium ensifolium and Cymbidium faberi originally like sunlight. Why not let them get some sun?

The sixth taboo is direct sunlight. Sun exposure depends on the season. Early spring, mid-autumn, and severe winter can accept full sun. But after spring, early autumn, and midsummer require shading. The sun in this period is most likely to scorch orchid leaves, causing old plants to decline early.

The seventh taboo is too heavy fertilization. As the saying goes: "For a crop to bloom, it all depends on fertilizer." In today's era when granular potting medium is prevalent, orchids need fertilizer, but not concentrated fertilizer or turbid fertilizer poured heavily; rather, thin fertilizer applied frequently.

The eighth taboo is frequently changing the potting medium. Do not follow what others say, or heed hearsay that some master used a divine potting medium to grow divine flowers well, and then search east and west to reconfigure the potting medium and replant the orchid. In fact, there is no best potting medium, only better management. As long as you grasp and understand your current potting medium, it is the best.

The ninth taboo is frequently repotting. Do not, for no reason, repot today to look at the roots, repot tomorrow to look for shoots, and repot again the day after to divide the plants. It really cannot stand such tossing and turning from you.

The tenth taboo is poor ventilation. For orchids with fleshy aerial roots, more ventilation and a gentle breeze are absolutely their favorite. Even if home orchid growing cannot achieve this, there must still be circulating air.

If you really do not care about the above ten points, fine. You win, the orchid dies. My fingers are almost cramping from writing!

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