Orchids phalaenopsis beautiful and unpretentious plants. How to look after orchids that they long pleased with the blossoming and healthy look?
Instruction
1. In general, orchids phalaenopsis - plants unpretentious. Under natural conditions growths are plants parasites which live on the chosen trunks of trees in shady damp warm South American forests. It should be taken into account when the orchid lodges in your house. So, care for phalaenopsis is extremely simple and does not demand excess efforts and vanity.
2. As soil for orchids serves so-called substrate, in other words, the nutritious mix consisting, as a rule, of pieces of ordinary wood bark. Substrate provides the humidity level necessary for orchid, normal access of oxygen to plant roots and also sufficient nutrition. Substrate is located in transparent capacity with openings. Transparent the pot has to be in order that it was more convenient to watch condition of soil and roots, and openings interfere with caking and souring of soil, rotting of roots.
3. The flowerpot is located in pallet which is necessary in order that water after watering did not spread. 1 time in 1-2 weeks, depending on temperature and humidity of the environment, that is, as required, is enough to water orchids when substrate completely dries out. Normal tap water of room temperature is suitable for watering. Watering can be carried out from below, that is pouring water in pallet, or from above, watering soil in pot. Carrying out watering from above it is necessary to watch that after watering water did not remain in ""socket"" - upper part of position of joint of leaves. The water which has accumulated in pallet is necessary it is enough ""to give to drink"" orchid - moisture will gradually impregnate soil which will give as required it to roots. Too strongly you should not fill in plant it is, enough, that the height of water in pallet made 1 - 1.5 centimeter. During the periods when the indoor air is overdried (in the summer and in heating season), it is possible to irrigate periodically in addition plants from spray.
4. Choosing the place where the orchid will live, it is necessary to consider features of natural conditions of growth of these plants. Grow in the nature of orchid in the shadow of trees, on their trunks, untouched at direct sunshine. Thus, it is necessary to choose the windowsill oriented to the North or the northeast on the ""southern"", ""western"" windows is better not to put orchid and if there is no alternative, then it is better to allocate to plant the place on the shelf in the room as direct sunshine can leave burns on leaves and flowers of orchids.
5. Peduncles can be tied up to vertically established stick which can be driven directly in soil. When the orchid otsvett, the peduncle remains until it does not dry. The dried-up peduncle needs to be cut off carefully, leaving about 1 - 2 centimeters.
6. Replace orchids phalaenopsis only as required. As a rule, it occurs once in several years. Souring of soil or rotting of roots can be basic reason for change of plant. If there were such suspicions, it is necessary to examine attentively roots and substrate through transparent walls of pot. Having found mold traces, it is possible to replace orchid in dry substrate.