Many growers like orchid - epiphytic plant with beautiful flowers, which have a variety of colors. However, an orchid is quite a capricious plant, and sometimes it happens that the orchid does not want to blossom for a long time. What to do, how to make an orchid to blossom?
Why does not the orchid blossom at home?
The reasons for the fact that the orchid does not bloom may be several:
- An orchid that lives on the windowsill of a window facing north may not bloom, although it builds up abundant green foliage, as it lacks light.
- The flowering of orchids is strongly influenced by the temperature in the room. And for flowering, you need a difference between daytime (18-27 ° C) and night (13-24 ° C) temperatures, which is not so easy to provide.
- Lack of nutrients or the misuse of fertilizing can also negatively affect the flowering of the orchid.
- The reason for the lack of flowering can be excessive or inadequate watering.
How to make the orchid bloom at home?
If you have already acquired a flowering orchid, then, as a matter of course, expect that it will bloom in the future. However, this may not happen: the orchid grows green mass, but it does not bloom for quite a long time, up to a year. As practice shows, to make a popular phalaenopsis orchid blossom, as well as any other species of this plant, it is necessary to eliminate all possible causes that prevent flowering.
Depending on the variety of orchids to increase the intensity of lighting and to extend the daylight, sometimes it is necessary to arrange for the top of the flower a special illumination with fluorescent lamps. Remember that orchids do not like direct sunlight, so a flower growing on the south side must be pritenyat.
Each kind of orchid needs an individual temperature mode, for which it is better to purchase a room thermometer. An effective method that stimulates the flowering of orchids is the temperature drop. This method is suitable for almost all types of orchids and it consists in the following.
In the spring, as soon as the temperature reaches + 16 ° C at night, put orchid to spend the night on an unglazed balcony or even on the street. If the balcony you have glazed, place the pot with the orchid closer to the open window. If weather conditions allow, you can leave the orchid outdoors for a day or a night. In this case, the plant should be shaded from bright sunlight. Or at night leave orchid in the street, and for a day bring it into a warmer room. One or two weeks of such cool nights - and the flowering of the orchid you are guaranteed. You can use this stimulation of flowering orchids not only in spring, but also in summer or autumn. However, the effect of this will be much smaller. In fact, in the summer, the daily fluctuations in temperature are insignificant, and in the autumn the light day becomes shorter.
Another effective way,
Everyone knows that flower buds are laid on orchids several times throughout the year. But they can wake up only if conditions favorable for them come. The essence of this method is a sharp increase in the intervals between watering. This can be done as follows: if you used to water the orchid once every four days, now water every eight days. To withstand the period of drought it is necessary to rigidly: do not spray the plant and do not arrange fertilizing or showering it. After the birth of the peduncle, you can return to the normal watering regime.