Phalaenopsis orchids
The care for orchids is not at all hard when flower lovers know some typical tricks and follow them regularly. One of the most well-loved and easy to care for orchids is without wonder the phalaenopsis. This flower normally origins from the tropical rain-woods of Thailand or another tropical and warm area in South Asia. There it lives as a host plant over the ground. This should explain why the phalaenopsis does not need any soil. The beautiful plant with its popular colorful flowerage needs a special ochid-substrate that simulates its usual habitat. The roots grow out from the substrate and rot when they come in touch with normal soils. The care for orchids is in the case of phalaenopsis easy to handle. For watering water you must use only rain water. It is also very useful that you can spray these particular species phalaenopsis with rain water. Please spray or water them only once per week and explicitly avoid over-watering. You will need special orchid fertilizers in order for them to grow. Once per month in the winter and two times in a month in spring would be the optimal choice for your phalaenopsis.
Vanda orchid is another flower that origins in the tropical Asian rain forests and has another type of aerial roots. In the philippines group of islands there are not less than 50 sorts known and everyone of them is more beautiful than the next one. They vegetate as wild orchids in the humid-warm thicket of the jungle and suck all their needed nutrition’s from their aerial roots. When it comes to water managing they are the ultimate survivors because they can with no problem live up to months during a long rain-free periods of time. People don’t plant vanda orchids, they just let them hang somewhere. Such place should provide much light and be breezy, but don’t leave them directly under the sunlight for a long time. Vanda orchids also love rain water and like their roots to be casually moistened. A temperature fall during the night will most likely ruin your orchids. As a wild orchid vanda are one of the more gorgeous colored.
Burma and Thailand are as well home for the denbrobium orchids. They come mainly from the wild tropical rain-forests, but were cultivate centuries ago. Dendrobium nobile is suitable for a ornamental plant in the winter and on your cold window, dendrobium bigibbum on the opposite needs warm. In order to take a good care for those particular ones you need to follow some rules. They are for the watering. Every second watering you must use the same amount of orchid fertilizer, this allows blossoming and growth. Depending on the moisture you can normally water them every week or in a bit longer interval of time. When the air is dry rain-water is the best way of fogging, explicitly avoid the accumulation of water. The right fertilizers and substrates for denbrobium orchids can be found in your local garden center.
The best way to take care for orchids always depends on their sort. Almost all live like wild orchids in the nature and have trees as their hosts. That is not to say that they are parasites for those trees, they also live on rocky layers or undergrounds without containment soil. To take care for orchids goes hand-in-hand with their cultivation. The bigger ones can be sorted out and also don’t forget to look out for the flower growth, so that things don’t get out of control. Regular fertilizing is vital and when their roots are in rain-water this simulates their monsoon habitat for a while. More tips for the care of your orchids and especially the needed tools and substrates are to be found in your local garden center. You cannot really make a mistake when it comes to your orchids, when you look out for the basic rules. This includes natural rain-water for watering and spraying, the right place, the best fertilizers and appropriate substrate.
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