Orchid - one of the most beautiful, fascinating view of our plants. Deciding to plant this flower at home, many people have a lot of questions, which we will try to answer.
When is it necessary to transplant an orchid?
Orchids continue their life after they bloom. With proper care, and after flowering the orchid requires special care, it will bloom repeatedly, after about 5-6 months. How to take care of a faded orchid, so that she again pleased us with charming flowers?
First: after the orchid has faded, it should receive a sufficient amount of sun, fertilizers and, of course, water. It is also recommended that the plant be transplanted to another pot and its soil renewed.
Take a pot, preferably transparent, whose capacity is slightly larger than the previous one. Take out the flower very carefully, without damaging the roots. For this it is necessary to separate from the walls of the vessel, in which your orchid, earth coma. If the roots are very tight, it is better to prune the pot. All roots carefully spread and clean from the ground.
If during this procedure you suddenly find pests , the roots of the plant should be placed in warm water, then dried on a newspaper. If you have found a fused root, you should not injure them. After you dry the roots - carefully examine them. All the roots that have rotted, you need to cut with a sharp knife, previously disinfected, and then prizhech their greens or potassium permanganate. Dry roots can not be cut off, except for those that already look like parchment.
In your new pot, you need to make a hole for good ventilation and drainage. Fill the container with ΒΌ foam polystyrene balls, expanded clay or pebbles. To fill all the voids between the roots, use a stick. After planting an orchid can not be watered, watering should be done in five days.
How to trim a discolored orchid?
When the orchid has already blossomed, on the peduncle, which is already dried, there will be no blossom, so take the scissors and cut straight at the base.
If there are swollen buds on the peduncle (they can be located not only on the tip, but also near the blossoming buds, and they are green), they should not be cut off - wait for the next flowering.
After flowering, when the children leave and start the roots, they need to be cut and planted again. Just see that the roots are not less than 5 cm.
Can I transplant a flowering orchid?
Orchids, like any plant, should not be transplanted during flowering, tolerate a little and make a transplant after your orchid has blossomed.