How to control the flowering period of orchids to make them bloom during the Spring Festival

Can the flowering time of orchids be controlled?

Orchid fragrance during the Spring Festival is what many orchid growers hope for. The Spring Festival is generally around February 8. Let us calculate backwards. Orchid flower buds can fully open in one week at a suitable temperature, and before that there is a one-month vernalization period. That means the flower buds emerging from the soil must be visible by New Year's Day at the latest. Of course, for Cymbidium goeringii (Spring Orchid), this is not difficult.

Haoshe Nongfu had an experience last year, with an orchid grower from Beijing. At New Year's Day, a Beijing orchid grower took several pots of orchids from me, including Cymbidium goeringii (Spring Orchid) and Cymbidium faberi (Huilan). The buds he took were as large as those in the picture, and they had already gone through more than a month of vernalization on my side.

Later, at the end of January, the orchid grower messaged me that the Cymbidium goeringii (Spring Orchid) had bloomed, and at that time the Spring Festival had not yet arrived. The Cymbidium faberi (Huilan) bloomed on the third day of the first lunar month, which I remember very clearly. In Beijing, he placed them on an indoor balcony. The balcony was separated from the bedroom by a glass sliding door, and he tried as much as possible not to let the heating reach the balcony, but relatively speaking, the temperature was still much higher than in Haoshe Nongfu's hometown.

For orchids from the same batch at the same time, those kept at Haoshe Nongfu's own home did not bloom with Cymbidium goeringii (Spring Orchid) until the end of February, a full month later; the Cymbidium faberi (Huilan) bloomed at the end of March, a month and a half later than his. This is a real example of using temperature to control flowering time.

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