How much light do orchids need at different stages? A detailed analysis

You have probably all heard that orchids like shade, but can the two words "like shade" really do justice to orchids' light requirements?!! Orchids are princesses that are very picky about sunlight, and they know very well when there is a little more or a little less light! How much light orchids need at different stages - you had better write this down right away!

Overall, orchids are shade-loving plants that like environments where they can receive diffused light. But at different stages of growth, their light requirements still differ slightly, and if you want to grow orchids better, you have to take good care of these small, subtle habitual differences!

When sunlight is too intense, the color of orchid leaves gradually fades. This is actually a self-protection mechanism to avoid being scorched by strong light, but it is not very effective in practice; after a long time, the leaves turn yellow, become scorched, and then die. Orchids can actually tolerate high temperatures - generally the 37 or 38 degree weather of summer is no problem. What they cannot tolerate is blazing sun.

From the leaf growth period to the early stage before flowering, you can let it receive more light. Only with sufficient light will the leaves be broad and thick; with insufficient light, the leaves grow long and thin, and their color is rather dull. If there is not enough light in the early stage before flowering, photosynthesis cannot proceed fully, which affects the formation of the "flower primordium", and no flower buds will grow!

When orchids are sprouting, you can give somewhat more light, especially when autumn shoots sprout. Sunlight in autumn and winter is relatively mild, and at this time the growth of new shoots needs sufficient sunshine. During the sprouting of autumn shoots, the sunshine duration must reach 6 hours so that the tender shoots can hurry up and grow bigger before winter sets in, and also store nutrients for overwintering along the way.

Before flowering, that is, during the stage when the scape and flower buds emerge, you can let it receive a bit more sunlight, otherwise the flowers will later be dull in color and have no fragrance. But when the buds break through their sheaths and the petals begin to unfurl, the amount of sunlight must be reduced again, and direct sunlight in particular must be avoided, otherwise the petals are easily scorched and wrinkled, so they cannot fully unfurl, and they also very easily change color from sunburn.