The environment of dwelling of orchids – on trees therefore the sun and air are especially important for them, it should be considered when leaving. Time in two-three years of orchid needs to be replaced, substrate has property to decay and decay begins to ruin flower gradually. Zasolyonny substrate does harm too. So, it is necessary to change it.
You will not take soil for orchids on bed or kitchen garden. And even to buy simply universal in flower shop – not option.
Requirements to soil specific, as well as plant. It has to breathe well (pressed is inadmissible) and to hold moisture for a long time.
Most often for filling of pot pine bark, in particular Stone pine pines is used.
If you have decided not to buy, and to gather somewhere material free of charge, remember – bark has to be removed from dry tree, dead. In order to avoid possible presence at it of live larvae or eggs of insects to boil thoroughly in the boiling water, and then to dry up. To cut pieces of the necessary size, it is desirable not flat, and is thicker.
It is better to use pots for change transparent plastic with numerous openings for air. The transparency is necessary as it gives the chance to roots to receive necessary amount of light, and to gardeners – to watch their development.
After preparation of all materials, necessary for change, is made, we start trimming of peduncles. To recede after 3 or 4 kidneys about one and a half centimeters and to truncate each peduncle. The roots which have gone beyond pot need to be cut off also. Only after it to take out orchid from pot.
It is careful to remove old soil, trying not to damage roots. If is spoiled or died off – to remove. The procedure of disentangling of roots difficult, it is necessary patiently and slowly, very accurately to make all this. To process cuts for disinfection by cinnamon or ashes. It is desirable to leave orchid for day in such state.
If the remained pot after trimming of roots approaches by the size, it can be washed up just carefully hot water and to reuse.
Next day we place orchid in the prepared pot and we fill spaces between roots pine crusts. To leave small intervals for free development of root system. At the end to shake a little that consolidation has happened naturally.
It is not necessary to water, adaptation to new soil lasts about a week more.
That's all, the revitalized flower after small stress is ready to new life.