Phalaenopsis. Care after flowering

Phalaenopsis - stunning beauty of the orchid species, which has bright large flowers of various colors: all shades of pink, white, lilac, yellow, purple, red and cherry. The upper petals of flowers, similar to huge exotic butterflies, nestled on a tall sturdy dark green stem, are often colored with colored stripes or speckles. For the similarity of phalaenopsis to this fragile and amazingly beautiful insect, it is also called the "night butterfly".

In flower shops in a wide range of varieties of phalaenopsis hybrids Mann, Schiller, Fander, pleasant. The plant is found in nature in the humid and dense tropics of Southeast Asia, the Philippines and northern Australia. These orchids belong to plants-lithophytes, permanent satellites of tall trees, for the trunks of which they cling to air roots and receive moisture and substances necessary for development, literally from the air.

Due to the fact that phalaenopsis bloom for a very long time, usually from December to June, they are a wonderful decoration of winter gardens, greenhouses and rooms. Very often lovers of indoor plants, subdued by the extraordinary beauty of this flower, plant phalaenopsis, creating huge home collections from various species of this plant.

During flowering, an orchid prefers an ambient temperature of 20-22 degrees and a high humidity, so it is often placed on a tray with fine gravel or large sand that is constantly kept moist. Feed the flower at the end of flowering with liquid fertilizer for azaleas. Once every 2 years phalaenopsis after flowering is recommended to be transplanted.

Phalaenopsis. Care after flowering

The discolored phalaenopsis usually begins to dry. Then it is recommended to cut it off. But if it is fresh and green, do not rush to produce this procedure, since on the old peduncle there may be the appearance of new lateral shoots, which will soon be covered with flowers. It happens also, but it is rare enough that on detached peduncles there are daughter sockets, with which this flower reproduces.

The phalaenopsis orchid after flowering experiences a period of rest. Therefore, she prefers a lower ambient temperature, an average of 15-17 degrees, and a more rare watering, once a week. Phalaenopsis, care after flowering beyond which is not complex, quite convenient for keeping in house conditions a plant. Perhaps the most difficult is his transplant. The difficulty here is that the roots of the plant are very fragile, and treat them with special tenderness and caution. In addition, the air roots of the plant should be in the light, they can not be buried in the ground. Very often planting and transplanting plants use special transparent pots made of hard plastic or glass. The substrate for transplanting orchids is prepared from a mixture of land for coniferous plants, adding a bit of chopped pine or oak bark, small expanded clay, dry porous moss sphagnum and a little charcoal, but it is better to buy a ready-made substrate in the store. The plant is planted in the center of the pot, the roots are neatly sprinkled with prepared substrate, and the top is covered with moss or fibrous peat. So transplant phalaenopsis. Care after flowering of this plant is still in the constant moistening of the roots and rosette of leaves. The orchid is very fond of moisture, because it comes from a humid tropical climate. Therefore, frequent spraying of leaves from the spray gun is recommended. During spraying, care must be taken to ensure that water droplets do not enter the center of the outlet, which can lead to decay of the basal base.

Lovers of indoor flowers can safely breed Phalaenopsis. Care after flowering for this plant is not difficult, it is enough to observe the wet and temperature regime, but during flowering the bright, amazing beauty of the inflorescence will be an absolute decoration of the home interior.