How do you grow orchids? These essential conditions are indispensable

Plants, like people, each have their own way of life and their own habits. Orchids, however, seem a bit more delicate than other flowers and plants, so when growing orchids, you must first follow their growth habits; only then can they grow healthily, grow strong, and bloom continuously. Today, the editor will explain to everyone the basic conditions needed for growing orchids. As long as these conditions are met, no matter what kind of orchid you grow, it will be very easy to grow it well.

There are many varieties of orchids, but most have their own specific distribution areas. Some grow in tropical rainforests, and some grow in grasslands with relatively abundant rainfall. In China, Yunnan, Fujian, Taiwan, China and other places are major production areas. These major production areas all have suitable temperatures, large year-round rainfall, humid air, and large day-night temperature differences in spring and autumn. These natural conditions create a suitable living environment for orchids. They are also indispensable conditions for orchid growth. Therefore, growing orchids at home requires creating the necessary conditions suitable for orchid growth. Apart from putting my orchids indoors in winter, I basically place them under trees outdoors all year round, and the effect is much better than indoors. But now orchids are generally grown in apartment buildings, and when growing orchids indoors in apartment buildings, you must find ways to create a humid, semi-shaded, and ventilated environment for them. This is the key to growing orchids well.

The growing medium is the foundation on which orchids depend for survival, but the medium used by many flower lovers has poor air permeability, and combined with watering too frequently, this causes root respiration difficulty and root rot. To grow orchids well, in addition to mastering a medium with good air permeability, there must also be a certain amount of nutrients. This is because the growth of any plant cannot be separated from nutrients, so do not focus only on air permeability while ignoring the nutrients in the medium. In fact, many media not only have air permeability, but also contain various nutrients needed for orchid growth and beneficial orchid bacteria. Starting the year before last, I used a very good medium, made by mixing decomposed pine bark, chestnut bark, and humus soil. After nearly two years of use, I feel the effect is really good. Not only do the orchid leaves grow well, but they bloom much more than before. Flower lovers who cannot grow orchids well may want to give it a try,

Orchids have fleshy roots and are drought-tolerant but not moisture-tolerant. When watering, you must grasp the principle of preferring dryness over moisture, not watering if not dry, and watering thoroughly when you do water, keeping the orchid growing medium moist but not waterlogged. But dry does not mean completely dry, and moist does not mean overly moist; neither dry nor moist is best. In addition, orchids have very strict fertilizer requirements. For beginners, it is best to use orchid-specific fertilizer to avoid harming the orchids due to improper fertilization.