How do you grow orchids so they stay glossy green and look great year-round? A flower shop owner shares the secret
A flower shop owner's closely guarded trick: the secret to making orchids look great and stay glossy green year-round!
Friends who love growing flowers, but whose skills still need improving. We have all had this experience: the orchids bought at the flower and bird market have glossy green leaves that seem to shine. They make you want to buy them.
Why do they change so completely once they are in our hands? Once the orchids are in our hands, it does not take long before they wilt, their leaves turn yellow, and black spots even appear on the leaves. Why does this happen? How does the flower shop owner do it?
After talking with the flower shop owner, I discovered that the owner has a closely guarded trick that makes orchids look great and stay glossy green year-round. What is the secret? Let us hear what the flower shop owner has to say.
The flower shop owner says that orchids, as flowers with fleshy roots, mainly receive scattered light. Just like when we go up the mountain to look for wild orchids, orchids usually grow on cliffs and can only be found in secluded mountain valleys, and they are usually in places with partial shade. So orchids like a semi-shady environment and mainly receive scattered light.
If you find that the leaves of the orchid you are caring for are loose, drooping, thin and soft, it means the orchid is not photosynthesizing properly. You should take your orchid out to receive some scattered sunlight so it can breathe fully and grow more vigorously and healthily. If you find that the leaves of the orchid you are caring for are not glossy, it means it lacks fertilizer.
At this point, the best approach is to mix potassium dihydrogen phosphate with an appropriate amount of clean water and use it to irrigate and fertilize the orchid. Once a week, and within a month the orchid will grow glossy green. So the glossy orchids we see at the orchid market are made this way by the flower shop owner. So friends who grow orchids must keep this in mind!
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