Orchid Care In Home Conditions

According to one legend, the shoe of the goddess of love of Venus, fallen from her feet, turned into a beautiful flower endowed with magical properties, from the seeds and petals of which, at all times, various spellbinding potions were made.

Long since orchid was a symbol of sexuality. Today, this charming flower is considered a symbol of tenderness and a genuine decoration of the home interior. It is believed that if the house has an orchid, then between the spouses there is no quarrel.

By feng shui orchid takes energy, so it can not be put in the bedroom - you will get insomnia or a headache.

Caring for an orchid at home has its own specific characteristics and requires gentle care. Therefore, if you have received an orchid as a gift or you yourself decided to have this exotic plant, first of all, read how to take care of indoor orchids at home.

When growing, you need to fulfill one golden rule - to create a natural habitat for them. Flowers like bright light and high humidity, the optimum temperature for them is from 10 to 30 degrees.

In nature, almost all orchids are epiphytes, that is, they live on other plants, cling to the bark of trees or stones. The root of an orchid in nature is a highly specialized organ that is designed for rapid absorption of moisture and for breathing, and is not at all intended to extract nutrients from the soil. The roots of the flower are white, solid, with growing green tips. Around them, air constantly circulates, and periods of wetting alternate with periods of drying.

Care for the orchid at home begins with the fact that, having bought a flourishing orchid in the store, enjoy its flowering, and then transplant into a special pot with wide drainage holes. Transplant a flowering orchid can not. In the pot, which you can always buy in the store, pour a special mixture consisting of charcoal, pine bark and foam. Orchids at home are better kept in white plastic pots, as clay pots overheat in the sun and the roots of the plant are tightly attached to them.

The pots themselves are installed on a deep tray with pebbles, where excess water will drain and additional moisture will be created. Transplant an orchid not more often than once a year. How to care for indoor orchids at home you can tell in the store.

In general, orchids at home are best kept on the window facing east, so that the morning sun falls on the plant. Remember that the bright midday sun flower can not stand, and do not forget to spray the plant with warm water every day. In summer, the flower should be watered abundantly 1-2 times a week and fed with a special fertilizer for orchids. It is good sometimes to soak the roots under the faucet, but then be sure to let them dry out.

Caring for an orchid at home is not particularly difficult, if you know some secrets. For example, you can arrange flowers "tropical" shower, putting in a bath under a weak stream of water temperature of +40 degrees. Usually after such a shower the plant blooms. The substratum between waterings should completely dry out, otherwise the tender roots can rot and the flower will die. In winter, the orchid is watered once a month. You can spray the plant with water, but you do not need to feed it. For irrigation use warm, stagnant water.

Flowering of the orchid is probably the happiest moment in the life of a flower grower. If caring for an orchid at home is done correctly, then it blooms in about two years. You can accelerate the flowering of the plant, if you arrange the flower a little stress, for example, a sharp temperature drop, or shorten watering.