Beautiful orchid dendrobium. Home care

Every year, more and more popular are orchids. They are often purchased as a gift. Experienced growers collect different types of these magnificent, beautifully flowering plants. Dendrobium - the most unpretentious of them, so many orchid lovers prefer him, a wonderful handsome man. This species is considered to be one of the largest in the Orchid family. In natural conditions - in Australia, South Asia, New Zealand, the islands of the Indian and Pacific - grows an orchid dendrobium.

Home care can not be called simple, but compared to other plants from this capricious and demanding family, such a flower will not take away much time and will please beautiful flowering. Almost all kinds of orchids dendrobium are epiphytes and live on trees. There are only a few lithophytes, that is, those that inhabit the rocks. Given such characteristics, the substrate for the plant needs to be prepared accordingly. You can buy in the store a ready-mixed mortar for epiphytes or prepare the soil yourself, combining the overgrown leaves with sand, bark of pine and charcoal.

Depending on the size of the plant, you should choose the size of the pot, but remember that he likes to keep in the cramped roots of the orchid dendrobium. Care at home requires compliance with the temperature regime. For abundant flowering in winter, you need to keep the orchid in a room with a temperature of about 10-15 ° C. At the same time, it is necessary to reduce watering and eliminate top dressing, ensure good air circulation and lighting. If buds did not appear in February, phosphorus fertilizer should be added.

In spring, the air temperature rises, so you need to increase watering and constantly spray the plant. Regular top dressing should be started after flowering. Since there is a need for abundant lighting, in winter the orchid dendrobium feels best on the southern windows . Care at home requires with increasing daylight to transfer the plant to the east or west window in order to avoid a burn from the sun. In summer, dendrobium needs daily spraying. To increase the humidity of the air, it is necessary to add moist moss in the pot.

Watering is very capricious orchids. How to care for (dendrobium though unpretentious, but still requires special attention) behind them, so that the leaves do not turn yellow and roots rot? Here you should find the golden mean, water it when the substrate is completely dry. The pot should be lowered into the water at room temperature. If necessary, you can add fertilizers to it. After holding the water for 10 minutes, orchid should be removed and let the liquid drain, then put the flower in the pot.

After flowering in spring, a huge number of children are formed. For reproduction, it is recommended to choose those plants whose roots have reached at least 3 cm. Since prefers cramped, planted in very small pots or cups of orchid dendrobium. Care at home for children is almost no different from caring for older plants. They grow quickly, and in autumn it is necessary to transplant small orchids into slightly larger pots.