What kind of soil does Phalaenopsis use?

Seeing that some flower friends are asking Phalaenopsis what soil to use, it is necessary to popularize science for the flower friends in Bath Flower Valley. Phalaenopsis is an epiphytic orchid whose thick white air roots are exposed around the leaves, in addition to absorbing nutrients in the air. there are also growth and photosynthesis.

If the flower friend carefully read the last paragraph, then we should know two main points, one is that Phalaenopsis is epiphytic orchid, and the other is that its root system can absorb nutrients in the air and photosynthesis.

So, that is to say, Phalaenopsis is not like our traditional plants, the roots get nutrients and water from the soil. On the contrary, Phalaenopsis also needs to expose its roots in order to get nutrients and photosynthesis, so flower friends should not bury all the roots of Phalaenopsis in the soil.

So the flower friend asked, what do you use to raise Phalaenopsis? You can use water moss or fasten Phalaenopsis to rotten wood.

Writing ten thousand words is not as good as a picture. let's take a look at a picture of a flower friend fixing Phalaenopsis on rotten wood.

From the picture above, we can see that Phalaenopsis can still grow and blossom normally without soil, so florists may need to plant Phalaenopsis in a pot, so we need to expose the roots and fix them with water moss in the basin.