Orchid Plants

There are two different orchid plant shapes to store moisture and nutrition. This are monopodial orchids with only one shoot, thick, fleshy leafs and particularly large and long roots, which serve as storage, typical for this type of orchids are Phalaenopsis and Vanda. Actually orchid planting is no big deal anymore.

Sympodial orchid plants form many shoot to the side and look rather bushy. They have thin leafs and create round, oval or elongated bulbs thickenings of the shoot to store nutrition for bad times.

Oncidium and Dendrobium orchids are examples for sympodial growing. Despite the variety of orchid types and colors are some characteristics are the same for all orchids.

The blossom is symmetrical and consists of two circles of blossom leafs. For orchid germination the nature helps a little with a special kind of fungus the orchids live in symbiosis with.

In general, most pf the orchid plants today are hybrids from the nursery and real beautiful tropical plant.

you can use to assist you until you become more experienced.

Orchid Positioning for maximum care in a room inside a house.

The best to place a orchid is in a well lit position since a high  levels of indirect light is required. Avoiding direct sunlight is also necessary as too much light can lead to leaf scorch.

If the orchid leaves get a reddish color then this is a sign of too much light and you should try and introduce some shade to bring the leaf temperature down. If the leafs get brown colors or brown spots, this should put you on high alert since it tells there is a disaster in orchid care, fungus try to attack.

For the right orchid care generally a warm position with temperatures of more than 50°F is the best. For orchids sold in orchid nurseries and orchid  garden centers they are more robust and the temperatures usually range from 50°F to 60°F.

The correct amount of watering required is hard to find out. Orchids require much less water than most people imagine, so if you pour 2 times a week some water over your orchids it might be just right. You could also put some fertilizer into the water and spray the orchids for the right care.

As usual water more in the summer than in the winter. Use rainwater, orchids prefer it to tap water.

But in general orchid care is not so easy, orchid care also means how to do it the right way. Orchid plant care is very easy in tropical areas. Just get the plant from the orchid nursery, hang the orchid outside under the roof or fix it to a tree and that's it. Spray from time water with some fertilizer onto the orchid plant. Very important if the orchid is fixed to a tree, usual a palm tree the flower must somehow be protected from the monsoon downpour. If the orchid flowers are not protected they will die.  Orchids care is different with each species and hybrid, phalaenopsis orchids need a little bit a other care as dendrobium and again as a vanda orchid care and so on. Since there is intense crossbreeding with orchid hybrids you will get some information how to care about your orchid flower when you buy the plant. The orchid hybrids you will probably buy from the nursery, a flower shop or per internet, just do exactly what is written in the paper coming with the orchid plants.

Orchid fixed to a palm tree Orchid Nursery Orchid pot Vanda orchid care Orchid hybrids Orchid nursery

Orchid pots are usually made from plastic with some charcoal and sometimes little earth in it. Don't squeeze the orchid into the pot. The orchid care is best when they have enough room to breath.

When you buy your orchid flower from the nursery you have two choices, buy orchid as cut flower or in the orchid pot. To take orchid care with cut flower is again very easy. Just put them in the vase and every 2 days change the water and cut away about 1 millimeter of the stem. with this method of orchid care the orchid flower will be ok for a bout 2 weeks. The colder the climate in their environment is the longer the orchid last.

Here are also other possibilities, sometime the orchid nursery fix a small plastic container cut at the bottom of the stem, put some moistened material into it and this is a good orchid life support for about 3 days. If you have the orchids in a vase it needs to change water at least every two days for best orchid care and also for the room the orchid is in. If you don't change the water in this interval the whole starts to smell not good.

Have a look at the orchid photo here and maybe look to other websites to find out how to care for orchids. A good description for phalaenopsis orchid care is here. There is vanda care, caring for cattleya orchid, dendrobium, mokara and plenty others. Check the links on this page.