Maintain and reflect an orchid: key tips!

Your pretty orchids do not seem to want to reflect?Do not panic, follow our advice to keep them and have them reflected in all ease!

Very popular plant, orchid is offered to you for all occasions, a birthday, Valentine's Day or even for a simple meal with friends.With its 25,000 species with a thousand and one colors, the orchid is surely the flower appreciated by all.But now, she is not delivered with an explanation manual and many of us have difficult to keep them alive.Very fragile, it is a flower that requires special attention and care.

Orchid: the trick to maintain this flower

Does your orchid make the head?This delicate and fragile flower requires specific care to reflect from one year to the next.The key is watering and especially the quality of your water.First of all, check that the substrate or the potting soil is always wet by pushing your finger at 2 cm minimum.In our houses, we mainly have pot orchids: just give them water when the roots are gray and dull.Woe to you if you sprinkle them with tap water.Orchids hardly love limestone water.So prefer rainwater or filtered using a carafe.Only the roots and the foliage must be wet: therefore use a fogger.Note that repotting is compulsory in the proper maintenance of your orchid: every 2-3 years.

The different types of orchids

If you don't have too much green hands but want to flower your orchid interior, opt for phalaenopsis, also called "butterfly orchid".They are generally white.To naturally flavor your interior, it is better you turn to oncidium.The most common are yellow.If you live in a rather dark place, the Paphiopedilum will resist the lack of brightness.Also called the Venus hoof, it flourishes during the winter.Ideal for brightening up a room thanks to its choice of color: white, green, brown, or pink.

Why does an orchid no longer flower?

It may happen that no flower appears on the orchid at some point.Is that there is a problem.In the most serious cases, an invasion of insects is killing this delicate flower.That must be treated quickly.In general, this may be due to a lack of brightness, a highly necessary element for your orchid.Likewise, for the fertilizer or a too high temperature change.Do not throw your inside plant, and follow these recommendations to refleur it.Replace the orchid in its original place, or find it a new one (partial shade, mid-sun).Install the flower in a room at the temperature of 15 ° C for about twenty days.Finally, pay attention to watering!

Orchid: tips for boosting the flower

If you were told about non-limestone water, the fertilizer is just as important to ensure that you have a flowery orchid from year to year, or to see it reflected.Indeed, it keeps the flower healthy.No need to rush on fertilizers sold in stores, often chemical.Prefer natural fertilizers, and you have all the necessary elements at hand!Coffee grounds, egg shells, potato peelings or rice cooking water.So many unusual but magical tips!

Orchid: observe the roots to take care of it

Roots are a good indicator on the health of your plant.If they come out of the transparent pot, that does not mean that the orchid is sick.By being out of the pot, the roots can draw from the ambient humidity in order to hydrate the plant.So do not withdraw them!Cut only the soft or brown roots which seem to be a little too tired to allow the orchid to continue to develop.

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