What is Shengqi Orchid and its Common sense of Culture

Aerial orchids generally refer to those orchids that can freely cling to trees and stones and obtain water and nutrients from the air with air roots, so they can also be called epiphytic orchids. Such as Phalaenopsis, Dendrobium, Cartland, Oncidium and Cymbidium can be called aerial orchid or epiphytic orchid.

A wide variety of aerial orchids, mostly born in tropical rain forests, attached to tree trunks or rocks, make use of the humidity in the air to absorb nutrients; like local orchids, they grow poorly because of poor air permeability; they restore the environment in its mountains and grow well, good and easy to bloom. The cultivation of aerial orchid on the stone of landscape bonsai is more convenient for cultivation and management.

During cultivation, different methods are adopted according to the size of the plant; if the plant is lower, as long as there is a platform or slope attached to the stone, it can be applied with thin mud around it; for the taller plant, it can be dug or sandwiched in the seam to increase stability, and also applied with thin mud, and after the root attachment is stable, rinse the soil with water to increase air permeability. In management, as long as there is often water in the basin, the fertilizer can be put into the water at the right time.