Is it right to spray orchids with water in the morning? It turns out there is so much to pay attention to

Orchids are easy to grow, especially wild collected orchids from the mountains. But city friends, limited by their conditions, often find it hard to grow orchids well, so they try every possible way to imitate the wild environment. Yet things turn out contrary to their wishes. What exactly is going on?

When growing orchids in summer, friends like to mist orchids to add humidity, and there is nothing wrong with that. Orchids naturally like a humid and cool environment, and misting to add humidity and lower the temperature really does have a certain effect. But can you master the timing of misting? Not all time periods are suitable for misting orchids. Hao She Nong Fu will first talk to everyone about wild orchids and see how they grow in a humid environment.

Hao She Nong Fu often goes up the mountain to look at wild orchids. On summer mornings, orchid leaves often have many dew drops on them, and this is because of the temperature difference between day and night. At night the temperature on the mountain drops, and moisture in the air condenses into dew drops on the leaves when it meets the cold. This layer of dew drops can both add humidity for the orchids and make the temperature of the orchids' micro-environment cooler. So this kind of dew drop is very beneficial to the growth of orchid plants. Then what about the mist we create artificially?

We all know that plants grow during the day, and under photosynthesis the plant produces a large amount of nutrients. At night the plant needs a temperature difference because the temperature difference can make the plant stop consuming. At night there is no photosynthesis, and if the temperature is still the same as during the day, the plant not only cannot produce nutrients, but will also consume the nutrients from the day. So the temperature difference is one of the necessary conditions for the plant to store nutrients. From this point of view, the natural dew at night just happens to do this: it lowers the temperature of the orchid leaves so they stop consuming nutrients, and at the same time it adds humidity for the orchids.

Hao She Nong Fu often says that wild orchids like east-facing hillsides (of course other orientations also have them, but relatively more and better ones face east), precisely because as soon as the sun comes out over the mountain they can carry out photosynthesis. And orchid leaves need to breathe during photosynthesis. At this time, the dew drops on the leaves of east-facing orchids will evaporate first, so this will not affect the respiration of the orchid leaves. If you mist the orchid leaves in the morning, you are precisely violating this point, affecting the respiration of the orchid leaves, and then affecting photosynthesis.

So, Hao She Nong Fu believes that if you want to mist orchid leaves, it is best to choose the evening. There are mainly two benefits: first, it prompts the orchid leaves to cool down, forming a temperature difference to store nutrients, and at the same time it can humidify the environment; second, the mist droplets sprayed in the evening are almost dry by the morning, so they will not affect the normal respiration of the orchid leaves the next day for photosynthesis, letting the orchids produce more nutrients.

To put it plainly, it is like working during the day to earn money and resting at night without spending money. Over time, the orchid plant will accumulate more and more nutrients, the orchid plant will grow better, and it will also lay a solid foundation for blooming.

Orchid friends, do you think what Hao She Nong Fu says makes sense? You are welcome to share your valuable experience.