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- Grow orchids in the temperate greenhouse
- What you should offer orchids in the greenhouse
- Plant-friendly ventilation ensures healthy growth
- Water quality in the orchid greenhouse
- Tips
Orchids feel at home in the greenhouse
Grow orchids in the temperate greenhouse
The art of growing orchids in the greenhouse does more work than a potato field. But Cymbidium, Lady's Slipper, Malay Flower & Co. are far more exotic when it comes to flowers and incomparable scents. With a good greenhouse climate is already ensured optimal prosperity.
Their reputation for being extraordinarily demanding plants from breeding and care is far from correct. Greenhouse orchids are easy to maintain, if you know and implement the properties of these exotic plants. The cultivation of the orchids is, as far as the watering, even still easier than on the windowsill, because the plants, if accidentally something goes wrong, dry off much faster. Of course, this requires as generous a ventilation as possible, possibly even with fans. And the temperatures must be right, as you can read in another post on our portal.
What you should offer orchids in the greenhouse
Existential importance is a perfect balance of temperature fluctuations, especially in summer, as well as a well-functioning heating system. A mobile sunscreenthat automatically regulates would be optimal, but is not quite cheap. For professional breeders, a permanent shade has been proven, which filters out around 60 percent of the sunlight between the beginning of March and mid-October. Mounted 20 to 30 centimeters above the greenhouse, so the roof can heat up less quickly and with the resulting diffuse light, the orchids are also very good.
Plant-friendly ventilation ensures healthy growth
The number of ventilation flaps should be as high as technically feasible. Side windows are needed, which should not be smaller for a proper exchange of air, as the skylights. Automatic ventilation machines would be optimal on the windows. However not at all, so that in the evening still the Possibility of manual ventilation consists.
Water quality in the orchid greenhouse
Rainwater is in these with respect to the irrigation very tenderly tempered plants clearly from the wet from the drinking water pipe. The advantage is thus all those who have already installed a roof drainage in the construction of their house to capture the rainwater collected in a separate (and covered!) Container. For warm water, which is also important for some orchid species, one could flexible hose directly to the house water supply be connected.
Tips
An essential step towards the optimal climate for the orchid greenhouse has already been achieved, if a reduction of the floor in the interior area by approx. 50 cm is already taken into consideration during the project planning. The interior even looks visually much more attractive and the pleasant ceiling makes working in the house easier.