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

This orchid (dendrobium orchid) does well in bright light and watered only when all the soil has dried- they love air to their roots! The reason this setup works is because the root tips are the only part of the root in water and the rest of the root is surrounded by fresh air! Add a little orchid fertilizer once the flowers fall off, top up the water as it evaporates and keep the glass clean and voila, you’ve got a healthy orchid! #plants #orchids | Tanner The Planter

How To Keep Your Orchid Alive For 20 YearsOrchids have a bad rep because they die so easily. But I figured out a way to keep your orchids alive for basically ever, or at least 20 years.And I am so excited to keep all of our orchids alive together now because I heard that if you put your orchid in water and leave it there for eternity, it will thrive a lot more than it does sitting in fir bark or soil.Now here’s the thing, orchids require bright light and they also are seasonal bloomers, which me

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