Why do orchids bought from the flower market die so easily? You made these two mistakes

Why do orchids bought from the flower market die so easily? It is because you made these two mistakes!

Friends who love growing orchids, I wonder if you have ever had this experience. Although the orchids you buy at the flower market or online look full of life, after caring for them for a period of time all kinds of problems appear, and in serious cases they die. What exactly causes this?

Veteran growers with orchid experience say that orchids bought from the flower market or online die easily because you, the lover of plant care, made these two mistakes. If you master the key points in these two areas, it is still somewhat difficult to kill the orchids you buy. Next, the editor will share these two reasons with everyone.

One reason is that the orchids we buy at the flower market or online are orchids meant for sale, so the sellers do not choose very good orchid pots, and the pots are also relatively small, so the stability of the orchid is not very good either. For friends who buy orchids, this is of course very distressing. So they make the first mistake: quickly repotting the orchid they bought, not realizing that doing so makes the orchid unhappy and causes all kinds of problems.

Actually, the correct way to handle it is to place the orchid you bought in a semi-shaded environment and water it appropriately. Do not rush to repot the orchid just because the pot is small and unattractive or the orchid plant is unstable. This is because when an orchid arrives in a new environment, it has its own process of adapting. Wait until the orchid's adaptation period has passed before carrying out operations such as repotting.

Another reason is that, as we all know, sellers who specialize in selling orchids choose orchid growing media that is very different from the orchid growing media we use to care for orchids. In order to keep the orchids from lacking water during transport, they choose orchid growing media with good water retention, but this is inconsistent with our original purpose in growing orchids. The orchid growing media used for growing orchids is chosen to have good air permeability.

So our correct approach is: after the orchid has passed its adaptation period to the new environment, we should repot it in time, choosing orchid growing media that drains well, has good air permeability, and is richer in nutrients. Once you know these two reasons and the related handling methods, it is not so easy to kill them. At the same time, have the orchids you bought at the orchid market ever had a similar situation? And how did you handle it?