How to cultivate hanging orchid to make it bloom
Abstract: This article provides experience related to the cultivation of hanging orchid to make it bloom and some handy tips for its care. Detailed introduction is as follows.
Hanging orchid is a common potted plant that we often cultivate. It has many leaves and stays green for 365 days, purifying the air when placed indoors. There are several types of hanging orchids, including curly leaf hanging orchid, golden edge hanging orchid, golden heart hanging orchid, and green leaf hanging orchid. All these types require the same care method and are very easy to maintain. They are even easier to care for than green pothos, as hanging orchids are more cold-tolerant. Even at zero degrees Celsius in winter, as long as they are not exposed to cold winds, and moved indoors with reduced watering, they can survive the winter smoothly. When we cultivate hanging orchids, why is it that some plants bloom while others do not?
Hanging orchid not blooming? 3 small care "tips" to promote flowering in less than half a year!
If some of the hanging orchids at home have bloomed while others have not, it's actually quite normal. I have encountered this situation as well. The reasons are as follows:
1. Bloom with fertile potting soil
If the potting soil for the hanging orchid is loose, fertile, and well-draining, with a majority of decomposed leaf soil or pine needle soil, peat soil, the darker the color of the soil, the better, without compacting, the hanging orchid will grow faster, have more leaves, and can bloom faster. If the potting soil for different hanging orchids is different, such as one with loose and fertile soil and the other with slightly poorer soil, this can lead to one blooming first and the other not yet blooming.
2. Bloom with sufficient sunlight
Different sunlight exposure times for the hanging orchid, except for shading in summer, it should be exposed to the sun for most of the time. At least provide a diffused light environment to promote its growth and blooming. Regularly rotate the pot to ensure even sunlight exposure, which can promote blooming. Place the hanging orchid from the north balcony or indoors to the south balcony or terrace with adequate light to ensure successful blooming.
How to cultivate hanging orchid to make it bloom
3. More flowering spikes to bloom
If you want the hanging orchid to bloom, you need to understand that its flowers bloom on the flowering spikes. This means you need to let the hanging orchid grow flowering spikes first before small flowers appear on top. To achieve this, in addition to fertile potting soil and sufficient sunlight, it is necessary to repot the plant once a year, especially in spring. Replace with fertile soil, trim excess roots, leaving one-third of the roots, and replant. It will grow quickly, continuously produce flowering spikes, and bloom.
Whether a hanging orchid blooms or not also depends on how long it has been cultivated. Young seedlings of hanging orchids may find it difficult to bloom, but those that have been cultivated for a year or two are more likely to bloom, which is related to the environment, temperature, sunlight, and ventilation.
Hanging orchids are easy to make bloom. There's no need to rush. Just repot the non-blooming hanging orchid once a year, change the soil, add some fertilizer, ensure sufficient sunlight, good ventilation, and adequate water and fertilizer, and it will soon grow to bloom, making it beautiful and elegant. Why does one hanging orchid bloom while another does not? 3 care "tips" to promote blooming in half a year.
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