Enjoying the beautiful orchid flowers own plants, certainly give more satisfaction for us, right? There are 3 types of ways to grow orchid flowers either as a hobby or a source of income. The third way is by pasting it on a tree, using a pot, or planted on the ground.
How To Plant An Orchid Flower Attached To The Tree Or Fern Board
Choose a trunked orchid is for the orchid stems are not broken.
Stick the orchids on the fern board or the desired tree as a place for orchid leaning.
The orchid rod is tied to a tree or fern board using a rope or anything that does not cause rust.
The roots of the fern will grow and attach to the fern or tree root where it sticks.
If the root has been firmly attached, remove the rope and replace the wire along approximately 5-8 cm and formed U.
This wire function replaces the strap that keeps the orchid firmly attached to the tree or fern board.
How to Plant Orchids Using Pots
The ingredients needed to plant in pots are:
- Pot as a place to grow orchids.
You can use pots of any material: plastic, cement, or soil. The important thing is to use a new pot. If you want to use a used pot, then be sure to clean it carefully. Because there is the possibility of overgrown pots of mold, mildew or maybe bacteria. In fact there is the possibility of pot has changed its acidity level.
- Wire buffer.
To grow orchids using pots, use a 2 ~ 4 mm diameter wire as a tread. Wire is more durable and more robust than wood or bamboo that can be decayed or broken. This wire works to keep orchids to stay standing upright, not rocking when received treatment (fertilizer, watering). Remove the wire after the orchid root is firmly attached to the pot.
- Growing media.
Planting media to grow orchids are wood charcoal, and fern pieces, coconut husk.
How to grow Orchids using pots:
Place the wire up to the bottom of the pot.
Put media rock, charcoal, or coconut husk into the pot.
Enter the orchid seeds. Set the orchid roots to spread evenly.
Tie the stem of the seedlings on the wire.
Put again the planting medium to cover the roots but do not cover the orchid stalks.
Especially for plastic pots, the bottom of the pot filled with shards of tiles or bricks to taste, a maximum of one-third of the pot. That is to make pots heavy and also serves as a filter.
How to Plant Orchids on the Ground
There are certain types of orchids that can only breed by being planted in the soil, which is the type of ground orchid (vanda douglas). Eits! Do not get me wrong. Do not equate to plant orchids on the ground just like planting other plants that dig a hole deep enough as a place to plant plants. How is the difference? Read more.
How to Plant Orchids on the ground are as follows:
- Preparing the planting hole.
Make a hole in the ground as deep as 10 cm and 30 cm wide, while for the length of the length adjusted to the land. Oya, do not forget to make a way between the lanes of the planting hole. This is so easy when giving treatment to orchids.
- Installing Ajir.
Ajir is a milestone that sustains orchids. Usually the ajir is made of bamboo which is cut into pieces. The size of the ajir about 2.5 meters. Plant as deep as 50 cm deep into the ground. Each hole is given 2 lines of ajir.
In addition to supporting the orchid trunk, using the ajir will facilitate the time of treatment such as fertilizer or watering, and allows orchid plants to receive sunlight so that photosynthesis process can run perfectly. Of course this will greatly affect the formation of flowers on orchids.
Not every plant is given an adornment. Simply append the spots to some orchids grouped in a hole lane. The height of the flank that flank the orchid depends on the height of the plant. If the orchid stem has been high enough, the flanking bamboo can be made in two rows.
Plant orchid flowers
The orchid seeds used should have a minimum length of 30 cm. Better seeds that come from high enough orchid cuttings that are about 1 meter. This will make the orchid seeds can soon flower about 1 month later.
Seedlings that one with another are spaced out as far as 10 cm. Tuna is trimmed by using bamboo by tying the ends on the ajir. Keep the orchids in an upright position.
When finished setting the seeds standing in a state of upright, the hole to plant was filled with manure. Then cover the hole with coconut coir neatly arranged cover all the visible roots. In addition to coconut husk. Can also use wood shavings as an alternative to cover the roots that appear on the soil surface.
Well, that's some way to grow orchids. But before, make sure first the type of orchid you will plant. So it can determine how to grow the right orchid.