Any woman will be happy, having received a blooming orchid as a gift. After all, the beauty of her flowers does not leave anyone indifferent. But buying an adult plant is quite expensive. As an alternative, you can grow an orchid at home. This will double the recipient's pleasure.
Grow orchids in the home
Before you cultivate orchids, you should familiarize yourself with the existing ways of growing it and determine which one is most suitable for you.
To do this, you can use different parts of this plant: seeds, flower stem, root or bulb. Let's get acquainted, what is each of the methods.
How to grow an orchid from a seed?
This is a rather complicated and long way, because the result depends heavily on the quality of the seeds. It is that a seed is placed in a special soil, it is hermetically sealed and placed in a warm room. In 8-9 months it will germinate.
To reproduce successfully, it is necessary to take very seriously the disinfection of the entire inventory, which will come into contact with the orchid seed and purchase a special land for it. The soil for cultivation of this flower should be rich in agar-agar, organic and inorganic.
How to grow an orchid from a root shoot?
Easier and faster to grow a new flower from an overgrown orchid. To do this, you should divide into several parts of its rhizome, on each leaving 2-3 pseudo-bulbs. In cut places, it should be treated with crushed activated carbon, and the container - disinfected.
How to grow an orchid from a shoot of a flower stem?
The already discolored stem can also be used for reproduction. The flower-bud should be divided into several parts, put into a container on live moss sphagnum, cover with a lid and put it into a dark, bright place. For such a method, it is very important to organize high humidity in the room and the sterility of the can.