Understand the habits of orchids and water them.

Among the many types of crops cultivated by farmers, their water requirements vary greatly from one type to another. Peanuts, flax, cabbage... After 24 hours of immersion, the rotten roots of the whole garden will die. Water chestnuts, rice, and daffodils must be immersed in water before they can grow, blossom and reproduce. They are all plants and the like, but their water consumption and immersion tolerance vary from category to category. Understanding the habits of various crops and giving the right amount of water is a key to the cultivation of crops, that is, the key to good harvests and bad crops, and orchid farming is the same as watering. Therefore, if we want to raise the orchid well, we must understand the habits of the orchid and remember that the orchid root is the respiratory organ of the orchid. It is often too wet, and the water clogs the pores of the root. The light ones form dyspnea, and the heavy ones are completely asphyxiated. As we all know, dyspnea is a kind of morbid, and complete asphyxiation is the cause of death.

"like to moisten but afraid of dampness" and "like to be dry but afraid of dryness" are the ancient ancestors' comments on the habits of orchid, which are pertinent and appropriate. The so-called "wet", "moist", "dry" and "dry" is the expression of the amount of water contained in the object or space, that is, the orchid basin or orchid room. "dryness" is an excessive lack of water for a long time, which will make the orchid underdeveloped and prone to diseases. "wet" is the disadvantage of excessive moisture, only increasing body length or asphyxiation of Langen. The situation between "dry" and "moist" belongs to the case of moderate moisture. From the semantics of the ancient saying, we can know that the condition of "dry" and "moist" is the most ideal state for orchid growth, reproduction and flowering. This state is not only the case in the basin, but should include the whole environment of the space outside the basin. And in the four hours a day, the longer the orchid's favorite state is, the more vigorous the orchid's fertility function will be, which is what we require in the watering operation.

However, the orchid is raised with water, it is inevitable that it is too dry if it is not watered for a long time, and once it is watered, it is too wet, and the special spray method takes a long time, which makes the basin dirty and unsanitary. What shall I do? In addition to using the planting method with fast drainage, the author still irrigates the orchid pot when the orchid basin is too wet to water in the season of severe air drying in cold and summer. How do you pour it? Pouring a lot of water from top to bottom on the floor of the orchid shed and the walls around the room, and watering the surrounding environment without watering the orchid seems to belong to its own watering method, but it can be used to increase the moisture and humidity of the orchid indoor space. this method can not spoil the orchid root, but also can make the whole environment, for a long time, not too dry, not too wet, "dry" and with "dry", suitable for the ideal state of orchid growth and reproduction. It's the way to kill two birds with one stone. (Wu Anlu)