The orchid will undoubtedly decorate any room. But, as well as all window plants, it demands thorough leaving. Phalaenopsis not really whimsical, many call them "orchids for beginners". But there are some nuances at their change. Observing them, you shortly will become the happy owner of the orchid blossoming almost all the year round!
It is required to you
- transparent pot;
- bark;
Instruction
1. For phalaenopsis it is important to pick up correctly substrate as it is epiphyte. For it soil - not nutrient medium, but only means of deduction in pot. Therefore for substrate most often use pine bark. It can be bought in flower shop, and it is possible to gather in the forest, but it is better from the fallen dried-up trees. It is desirable to boil bark before use and to cut pieces 1 up to 2 cm. It is possible to add moss for additional moisture capacity to substrate.
2. It is better to plant phalaenopsis in transparent plastic pot. It is better not to use ceramic pots as roots tightly grow to edges, and repeated change without traumatizing backs will be difficult to be made.
3. Take pot and slightly crumple it hands that the grown roots have lagged behind pot walls a little. One hand pull pot down, another hold phalaenopsis for neck, slowly extending it from pot. Shake old substrate and check roots for availability healthy and died off. Live roots dense and white, and died off damp and brownish. Small scissors it is necessary to cut off accurately begun to rot roots to healthy fabric. Surely "powder" cut any fungicide which can be bought in flower shop. If medicines are unavailable, then it is possible to use pounded coal or fresh pounded cinnamon. They have bactericidal properties.
4. It is desirable to plant in damp substrate as several days after change are undesirable to water phalaenopsis that fresh cuts have managed to dry up. On bottom of pot it is necessary to put a little drainage. For this purpose it is possible to use pieces of polyfoam or any inert substrate.
5. Lower phalaenopsis in pot and distribute roots closer to edges of pot. The basis of neck has to be below edge of pot on 2-3 cm. Support phalaenopsis by hand and slowly stack in advance prepared bark between roots. Knock a little at the edges of pot that substrate was better condensed. It is not necessary to fill bark highly. Optimum, when the basis of neck of phalaenopsis is on substrate. Over it it is possible to put a little sphagnum.
6. One more good way - landing to the block. For this purpose the piece of bark on which the hook from wire from above is fixed will approach. For improvement of moisture capacity of the block on it it is possible to primotat moss sphagnum or coir fiber.
7. Then fix on the block falenopis, having evenly distributed roots on the block. Phalaenopsis has to be located roots up is its natural situation in the nature. But it is worth meaning that block culture suits more happy owners of orkhidarium as the block dries up quicker than substrate.