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- How To Make Your Vanda Orchid Bloom - Useful Care Tips
- Sunlight conjures up the flowers
- With the right feel-good program for flowering - That's how it works
- Tips
With a few tricks unruly Vanda orchids can be persuaded to bloom
How To Make Your Vanda Orchid Bloom - Useful Care Tips
Buying a magnificently flowering Vanda orchid in stores is no trick. The horticultural challenge begins when the flowering time is over after a few weeks. In order to continue to bring the sophisticated queen of blossoms to bloom, it depends on the right care. These tips show how to succeed.
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The supreme premise for a lavishly flowering Vanda orchid is maximum yield of sunlight. Apart from the blazing midday sun, the royal flower beauty would like to linger in the bright and sunny location. For all-year room culture, therefore, a place on the south or west window sill in question, where in collapsing sun a slight shade is possible.
To make a reluctant Vanda blossom, staying on the sunny balcony is an advantage. Here, the exotic flower enjoys fresh air and unfiltered sunlight so that it no longer keeps its flowers under wraps. It is important to note that the site is protected from pattering rain. In addition, the temperature minimum of 15 degrees Celsius must not be undercut.
With the right feel-good program for flowering - That's how it works
If your Vanda orchid finds the ideal location, half of the way to the next flowering is already over. Now it depends on this care:
Although a Vanda does not make a real winter break, it still puts its growth on the backburner. From October to February it is sufficient to dip the plant once or twice a week. Furthermore, the monthly administration of special liquid fertilizer for orchids covers the reduced nutrient requirements. Under the influence of dry heating air, daily spraying continues to be part of the care program.
Tips
If the jungle disturbs the air roots of a hanging Vanda, the orchid simply places it in a teak wooden slatted base. In order to use the root cords better, they are soaked in lime-free water for 15 minutes. Some rough pieces of pine bark create the necessary stability. Alternatively, place the orchid substrate-free in a glass vase filled with pebbles or colored hydrogel beads.