What soil does Phalaenopsis use to cultivate Phalaenopsis after flowering?

Phalaenopsis is a very beautiful plant, but because Phalaenopsis has high requirements for the environment, we need to make an accurate collocation of various elements in the environment when we plant Phalaenopsis. Only in this way can Phalaenopsis grow smoothly. In addition, flowering is an important growth link of all plants, and how to maintain Phalaenopsis after flowering is also a problem worthy of our consideration.

What kind of soil is used to cultivate Phalaenopsis?

First of all, we can know that Phalaenopsis is a kind of plant with aerial property, so it is not suitable to use soil when planting.

Secondly, Phalaenopsis has its own requirements when choosing soil. Its requirements for soil is relatively high, it needs is breathable, permeable, slightly acidic and rot-resistant soil.

When choosing soil, we have two choices.

First, go to the market to buy some special orchid soil for breeding Phalaenopsis. These soils are already configured and can be used directly. Of course, they are more worry-saving and labor-saving. For flower friends who do not know how to choose soil and how to match it, they can choose such soil.

The second is to configure the soil on its own. In the configuration of Phalaenopsis soil, generally can use water moss, sawdust, bark, charcoal and so on, single use or mixed configuration, try to meet the needs of Phalaenopsis.

What to do after Phalaenopsis blossoms

If you want to make the butterfly orchid blossom for a second time, you can maintain it normally after cutting off the flower stem, but it should also be noted that after a long period of growth, the culture medium of Phalaenopsis will age and need to be replaced in time, otherwise the air permeability of the soil will become worse, the root breathing will not be smooth, and the root of Phalaenopsis will rot or even die.

After withering the butterfly orchid, you can change the pot in May, pay attention to sterilization and disinfection, trim the root and put it in a cool place with good ventilation, which is beneficial to the growth of Phalaenopsis.

Maintenance skills of Phalaenopsis

In general, the new flower buds of Phalaenopsis need to be cultured for 3 months before germination to provide the possibility for flowering.

The main reason for the effect of temperature on flower bud differentiation and formation of Phalaenopsis. Not only a certain annual accumulated temperature is needed, but also a short-term low temperature treatment is needed.

In order to make flower buds differentiate normally, it is necessary to keep the cultivation environment at 15-18 ℃ at night after the arrival of late autumn. Then the seedlings need to be treated with low temperature for about 18 hours every day for one and a half months, so that the plants can sprout a lot of flower buds.

Next, the night temperature should be kept within 18-20 ℃, and bright flowers will bloom after 3-4 months of growth.

Because Phalaenopsis has a long flowering period, the pedicels are cut off in the early stage to make cut flowers, which can blossom for the second time that year.

Of course, the flowering time of different varieties of Phalaenopsis is also different, usually each pedicel can bloom more than a dozen flowers, blooming in turn from the bottom up, and each branch can bloom for more than a month. In order to make the flowers bloom more luxuriantly, liquid fertilizer can be used to spray the leaves and roots during the peak growth period.

Fertilization is usually applied every 3-4 weeks in spring. After entering the flowering stage, fertilization stops, and fertilization can be applied every 10 days after falling flowers. The liquid fertilizer with high content of phosphorus and potassium should be selected, the amount of fertilizer should be less and the concentration should be light.

Summer is the peak growing season of Phalaenopsis, liquid fertilizer can be applied once a week after applying solid organic fertilizer once in the basin, and fertilization decreases with the decrease of temperature in autumn until it stops at the end of October.

Growth habits of Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis is native to the tropical rain forest and likes to grow in a warm climate and is not hardy. The most suitable temperature for growth is about 15-20 ℃. Growth will stop when it is lower than 10 ℃ in winter, and death can be caused by less than 5 ℃.

Phalaenopsis has a physiological structure to protect itself from stress in low humidity environment, but it is easy to cause diseases in too humid and high temperature environment, so it is necessary to maintain appropriate humidity for Phalaenopsis to grow healthily.

Planting Phalaenopsis is not a very simple thing, it needs us to master all aspects of planting and give Phalaenopsis proper care in different seasons, so that Phalaenopsis can grow better and bloom its own color and light.