I gave my wife a wonderful colorful orchid a few years ago. But...
When the orchid bloomed, we were left with only its beautiful green leaves and two branches that were starting to dry... Branches that used to have beautiful flowers.
The salesman and florist told us: "You just need to wait for the flowers to bloom again on that old branch...".
Since they did not bloom, after 6 months we bought another orchid.
When she also bloomed, since the first one still hadn't bloomed, we bought a third and a fourth.
So we are stuck with four orchids on the terrace, which have not bloomed for over three years...
Disappointed by this fact, I started searching the Internet and found a video where a botanist shares tips on orchid maintenance.
After carefully watching the video, I decided to try the recovery of our orchids myself.
I did that first intervention at the beginning of last year, after which all four orchids bloomed beautifully.
Now after a year, when we have another added orchid that has overbloomed, it is time for another regular intervention on them.
I had a bit more time this weekend, as the weather outside was ugly and I decided to give this orchid treatment a go.
The procedure is not complicated.
Just a little care is needed, since you are in contact with the delicate roots of the plant.
The procedure is as follows:
Place the orchid on its side and spread the substrate from the pot, which covers the roots of the plant.
Carefully remove each piece of tree bark to reach all the vessels of the root system. Remove any vein that is rotten by peeling off the rotten part of the vein, so that the thin central parts remain, which look like threads.
After that, as close as possible to the root of the stem, you cut the dried branches on which the flowers used to grow.
Remove all leaves that have started to dry (leaves that have started to turn yellow and are soft).
When you have completely arranged the roots and dry branches, return the plant to the same pot.
You pack the veins of the root system, so that not one of them crosses the edge of the pot, and you return to the pot (pour back) all the substrate that you removed from the pot.
After filling the pot, so that the substrate covers the root system, the orchids are watered.
I water them by soaking, directly in a pot filled to the top with room temperature water, because the orchids we have like a temperature of 20-25°C.
After an hour, when the substrate has soaked well, to provide the root system with enough humidity for a week, I spill the water from the pots and arrange the orchids in their place in the room.
We just have to wait for some time, in order to see if this year's transplant will also give results - beautiful flowers on all five orchids.
I hope you liked this post and that if you too have orchids that do not bloom, you will apply this procedure that will be successful and will produce beautiful flowers as a result.
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