Orchid Care Tips That Surprised Me

Ten tips on orchid care

Orchid care tips: how to take care of and propagate an orchid flower

Have you ever wondered what to do after all your orchid’s flowers have _fallen_ off? 😌 Here is a step by step video that will help you get your beautiful plant to rebloom 🌺 My go-to Orchid DIY mix: • 65% Bark (Pine) • 15% sphagnum moss • 10% Pumice/Perlite • 10% Charcoal • 5% Mosquito Bits I always follow these steps and I just love seeing my orchids flowering again and again😍: 1. Take the orchid out of its pot 2. Remove the old potting medium and the death plug if applicable ☠️ 3. Rinse the

REPOTTING: Why is it important to repot orchids once a year? Because their potting mediums decompose faster than peat moss or coco coir. Once that happens, the roots will not have enough oxygen and will start suffocating.⠀ ⠀ Remove all of the old medium, trim all dead roots and pot into fresh bark or sphagnum moss. If you use moss, I suggest New Zealand long fibered sphagnum moss.⠀ ⠀ WATERING: Better to wait until the medium has fully dried out. You'll be able to tell that your orchid really nee

How to repot an orchid ☺️ This is an orchid in recovery. It is planted in tree bark. Bark decomposes fairly quickly. When it does, the particles become small and very fine, so they retain much more water than in the past, when they were large bark chips. Retaining water for too long can cause root rot. This is why it's even more imortant for orchids to repot them once a year. More important than other houseplants. . ➡️You can see this plant has some soft, mushy roots, I cut them off. Whenever th

How to Repot Your Orchid for the Best Results