How does Dendrobium grow at home?

Dendrobium has beautiful posture, delicate fragrance and elegant taste when it blossoms, and has a high ornamental value. It is known as the "four ornamental foreign flowers", and many people plant it as bonsai. So, how does Dendrobium grow at home? Let's study together.

1. Flowerpot selection

Dendrobium potted plants should choose flowerpots with holes at the bottom or around them, and the selected flowerpots should have good air permeability, good leachability, Dendrobium is not resistant to stagnant water, poor air permeability, easy to accumulate water flowerpots can easily lead to root rot.

2. Medium collocation

Dendrobium pot culture medium is different from general flowers, because Dendrobium is relatively special and can not use soil species. It is best to use water moss, gravel, melon seed shell, peanut shell, moss, coconut bark, pine bark, wood chips, charcoal, wood blocks and other media with good water retention and ventilation.

3. Ramet propagation

Dendrobium is mainly propagated by individual plants. when dividing plants, one-year-old or two-year-old plants with bright green color, strong germination, developed root system and no diseases and insect pests are selected as seed plants, the withered branches, broken branches, old branches and overlong fibrous roots are cut off, and the plant clusters are divided into small clumps, and each cluster can be planted with 5-7 stems with leaves.

4. Conservation of the environment

Dendrobium likes to grow in a warm, humid, half-yin and half-yang environment, so potted Dendrobium should be planted in a cool, moist and smooth air environment, but it should be placed in a place with plenty of light, but to avoid direct sunshine. for example, it can be placed under the windowsill or on the coffee table in the living room.

5. Planting technology

After screening the matrix, one layer from large to small is put into the flowerpot, it can be pressed gently, but not too flat, the matrix can be spread with three to four layers, and the upper part leaves about 3 centimeters of space for Dendrobium seedlings. Dendrobium plants need to be placed in the center of the flowerpot. In the process of placement, be careful not to hurt new buds or roots. When planting Dendrobium bonsai, we should try not to bury the stem of the seedling into the matrix, just cover most of the roots and sprinkle some other matrix in the flowerpot to ensure that the plant will not be loosened.

6. Rational watering

The suitable humidity of Dendrobium potted plant is 60-80%, and only 3-4% moisture should be watered when it is ready. It is generally watered every other day in summer, thoroughly every time, every two weeks in spring and autumn, and once every half a month in winter.

7. Timely fertilization

After the completion of planting, orchid special slow-release fertilizer can be scattered around the root of Dendrobium, then covered with a small amount of bark, watered again, and then applied once a year to meet the fertilizer needs of Dendrobium growth.

These are the key points of pot planting of Dendrobium. Have you mastered them all? If you like it, buy a pot and plant it.