The orchid is flower of unusual beauty, the magic and mysterious plant attracting amazed looks. This flower is quite exacting and whimsical in leaving. Therefore it is necessary to create all necessary conditions for its contents to receive magnificent blossoming of orchid.
The correct lighting is major factor of care for orchid, it defines whether your plant will blossom. At lack of light the room favourite lacks power supply for normal cycle of vegetation, at excessively intensive lighting the flower burns down.
The orchid perfectly feels in the afternoon at temperature of 18-27 degrees, at night – 13-24 degrees. The necessary condition for blossoming of orchid is difference of night time and daytime temperatures. If the room is heated centrally, try to provide to plant more cool nights. Postponement of pot for night in more cool conditions well helps with quality of distillation, shortly the plant releases new peduncle. The majority of orchids have ability to maintain moderate deviations of temperature condition. At fall of temperature of air it is necessary to reduce watering, at increase – to increase.
Orchids in the nature are not in water. Their roots do not take out stagnation of moisture, influence of salts in water. The intensity of waterings is affected by humidity and air temperature, phase of seasonal vegetation, the pot size, intensity of lighting. Orchids are tolerant to drying of the soil, than to overwetting. Therefore substrate has to manage to dry up between waterings. To lack of humidity the plant will react with the withered and wrinkled leaves, to overwetting – the sodden and turned yellow leaflets, the decayed roots. The strengthened waterings are demanded by orchid only during emission of peduncle, blossoming and in phase of active growth. Put pot in the container with warm water for ten minutes or water plant intensively from shower that soil has managed to get wet completely, and excess moisture came out drainage holes. In both cases the orchid needs to be taken on grid that all residues of water have flown down, only after that the pot can be put on the former place. The optimum moisture content of air has to make 60-80%. If at your place dry air, then it is possible to use pallets with trellised bottom, having poured on water bottom, having laid from above layer of drainage stones or gravel. Roots of plant and the bottom of container should not concern water. In hot weather the flower is recommended to be sprayed with warm water from spray.
The green part of plant which has outgrown for pot borders serves as signal that the flower needs change. It is necessary to make this manipulation only after the orchid has faded, has a little had a rest (that is at the very beginning of the period of new growth). Carefully take plant from pot, try not to damage roots, remove practically all old soil, cut off scissors the decayed or dried up roots. The pot has to be couple centimeters more in the diameter of the previous capacity. Lay haydite layer on bottom, fill a little substrate for orchids, accurately place orchid in pot, fill up with fresh soil. Substrate has to fill space between flower roots. Slightly press soil, excessively do not condense it. The point of growth should not be covered with the soil. Slightly water the room favourite with warm water, put for several days in shadow. Orchids need the balanced and regular fertilizing. It is desirable to buy the special fertilizers intended for orchids for these purposes. You part them, according to the enclosed instruction. Reduce fertilizing during cold season and dormant period.