Orchid is a rather capricious plant, and in order to achieve a beautiful and long-lasting flowering, you will have to pay a lot of attention to the flower. She can bloom again and even all year round if the owner follows the rules of caring for her. There are more than 25 thousand varieties and hybrids of this plant, and each species requires respect for its nuances in the care. Growing indoor orchids is an art. How many times a year can produce an arrow orchid, how to make your pet often blooming and healthy at the same time - we will tell you in the article.
Flowering features
During flowering orchid looks truly magical. Large fragrant flowers are located at the base of the peduncle, and flowering begins with those buds that are closer to its end, and open gradually. Inflorescences can have both monophonic, and motley coloring from snow-white to dark cherry. The number of opened buds can reach several dozen.
The owner needs to take care of support for the flower stalks so that they will not break under the weight of the flowers: install a support for them or tie them up with a thin satin ribbon.
What does the term depend on?
Lush bloom at home suggests that the green pet happy with the habitat. The period of blooming orchids begins with the appearance of a peduncle. The arrow can reach the meter. How much the peduncle grows before flowering depends on the conditions, but on average it is 1-2 months. Orchid can bloom at any time of the year, if the owner is ready to create suitable conditions for her.
What can be the duration of the period?
Under comfortable conditions, the plant can continue to bloom for two to three months, but some species can please their owners with blooms all year round. Certain types of orchids need a period of rest, reducing the amount of watering and the surrounding temperature.
How many times a year does this happen?
Orchid usually blooms once a year. Depending on the species, the duration of this period can vary from several weeks to several months. With good care, the orchid will bloom all its life every year, perhaps even several times a year. When the plant blooms again, after it has blossomed, it is difficult to say for sure, but it is known that the peduncle, not cut off after the first flowering, can also re-release the buds, although usually it is cut off after the buds have subsided.
When and how does the plant buds?
For the first time
The first bloom usually begins when the flower reaches two years of age. Until this time, the buds are not expected. Young plants only accumulate strength for flowering during this period, and only then they begin to delight the owners with fragrant buds.
Again
In different plant species, it occurs at different times. After how much after flowering your pet can release the arrow again - it depends on the characteristics of a particular type of flower, and on the care: watering, soil, content, air temperature, location on the window and other conditions. Before buying a room orchid, it would be reasonable to familiarize yourself with the information on the content of the varieties you like and weigh your possibilities, whether there will be enough time and energy to take care of the flower.
How long does blooming last?
In the tropics, the plant can bloom often. With good care, indoor specimens produce new buds for two to three months, sometimes up to six. But some species - mainly it concerns hybrids - bloom longer and more often, forming new flower stalks with short interruptions in time, but so that the plant becomes covered with inflorescences every season.
Care instructions
How often and how long an orchid can bloom depends on the conditions of its maintenance. and how to care for a plant when it has faded.
- Most indoor orchids have a peculiarity - they get used to the place and specific angle of illumination. And if you change the location of the flower, it instantly responds by dropping flower stalks. Therefore, it is not recommended to move it even a few centimeters, so as not to lose flowers.
- Also it is necessary to pay attention to watering. Orchid loves water. You can arrange for her a warm shower, imitating tropical rain, and then remove the water from the growth point to prevent rotting.Important: Some types of orchids do not respond well to showers during flowering, it is worth knowing about this before purchasing a flower.
- Of great importance is the ventilation of the soil. Orchid roots need air, therefore soil adhesion cannot be allowed, otherwise the flower will have to spend its energy not on flowering, but on extracting moisture from the ground.
- Fertilizers with a high content of phosphorus will well affect the formation of the peduncle, buds and the duration of flowering, but it is important to observe the measure and not to overfeed the flower with mineral additives. During flowering fertilizer plant is not required.
- Orchid transplanting during flowering is absolutely impossible. In general, this rule applies to all flowering plants.
- The orchid is very fond of light, so you need to keep it on the south window, slightly pritenaya from the midday sun. The lack of lighting greatly delays the appearance of the peduncle and the buds on it.
Light day of the flower should be at least 12 hours.
- After the end of flowering, most orchids begin a dormant period, when the faded plant gains strength to bloom again. It is necessary to remove dried peduncle, change the soil, remove dead roots, sanitize the cut sites with crushed activated carbon and allow the flower to rest. Soon he will again begin to build up sheet mass and gain strength to repeat the flowering cycle.
- Also it is necessary to limit the contact of the plant with insects. As a rule, after pollination, any flowers fade.
If dormant buds are preserved on the peduncle, it should not be removed. You can cut the tip and, perhaps, it stimulates the emergence of a new arrow.Transplantation even in a very fertile soil may not like the orchid, and this year it will refuse to bloom.
- The orchid does not like the neighborhood with ripe fruits and vegetables, since the ethylene released by them has a negative effect on the flowering process. For the same reason, it is better to get rid of aerosols or spray them as gently as possible in other rooms.
If dormant buds are preserved on the peduncle, it should not be removed. You can cut the tip and, perhaps, it stimulates the emergence of a new arrow.Video about orchid care during flowering:
Orchid bloom is an amazing and beautiful sight, but it can be difficult to achieve. It is important to follow the recommendations for the care of these capricious and unusually elegant plants, and then the orchid will thank the owner with fragrant buds.
