Content
- How to properly care for your Mini Orchid
- How do I model a Mini Orchid exemplary?
- Does an orchid in miniature need fertilizer?
- Can I cut a small orchid?
- Tips
Mini orchids thrill with their dreamlike flowers in mini format
How to properly care for your Mini Orchid
You will find space in a 5 cm potty and enjoy with petite flowers of 2-3 cm in diameter. Mini orchids are the perfect result of successful hybrids of small phalaenopsis hybrids and small-sized wild species. Read here how you skilfully cultivate the floral gnomes.
How do I model a Mini Orchid exemplary?
A miniature orchid is placed - in the same way as her big sisters - in the bright location at warm temperatures of 20 to 25 degrees Celsius. In view of the small volume, however, the orchid soil dries up faster. In order to prevent the risk of waterlogging, we recommend that you dive the plant instead of watering it. That is how it goes:
If the transparent culture pot is misted from the inside, there is no need for water, even if individual parts of the substrate feel dry.
Does an orchid in miniature need fertilizer?
The orchid imps grow much slower than their majestic counterparts. The nutritional requirements are correspondingly lower. Therefore, during the growth and flowering period of a mini-phalaenopsis, you only fertilize every 4 weeks. For this purpose, add a liquid orchid fertilizer in half concentration to the immersion water. If the tropical plant takes a break during the winter, do not give it until the next bud break.
Can I cut a small orchid?
For Mini Orchids, the rule of thumb is: never cut green parts of plants. Withered flowers can pluck you out if you feel disturbed by the appearance. Leaves and shoots please cut off only when they are completely dead. Use a very sharp knife or scalpel that you have previously disinfected with alcohol or spirit.
Tips
Mini orchids are often planted in moist moss and a pot without opening the bottom so that they are nicely set in scene in the shop. At first, it's best to free the tiny flower beauties at home from this completely unsuitable environment. Transplanted into a transparent culture pot with permeable, special orchid soil, the tropical plants feel welcome in their new home.