Home-raised ball orchids have mastered these tips: more blossoms, rich fragrance and long flowering period.

Ball orchid, a high-looking online celebrity plant. The primitive living environment is in tropical and subtropical areas, attached to tree trunks or rocks, aerial roots grow on stem nodes, strong climbing ability, and stems can extend to more than 2 meters. When flowering, the leaf axil director gives 3 to 4 peduncles, umbels, each group can open for more than 10 days, rich fragrance. After withering, the flowers and pedicels fall by themselves, leaving inflorescences and peduncles, and will continue to produce flowers after a period of time, flowering from May to October.

Home farming, the most suitable growth environment is the indoor balcony window light or the yard can climb under the tree, but the ball orchid is afraid of the cold, in winter to move into the room in time to prevent frostbite. Ball orchid likes warmth, drought tolerance, high temperature, high humidity and semi-shady environment, but also likes light. Giving 3 to 4 hours of sufficient light every day is a prerequisite for orchid flowering. Long-term shade will cause only long leaves not to blossom, the summer season should be properly shaded, otherwise it will cause leaves yellowing, the color is not bright.

Generally speaking, the ball orchid cut in that year will not blossom until the second or third year. Ball orchid like loose, fertile, well-drained soil, can withstand short-term drought, but not waterlogging. It is suggested that rotten leaf soil, garden soil, and river sand should be arranged at 5:3:2, and the basin bottom should be covered with large ceramsite or small stones 3 or 4 centimeters thick for root attachment, and a small amount of bone powder or fermented chicken manure can be added as base fertilizer. Poor selection of soil will lead to slow growth.

Ball orchid basin selection is usually recommended to choose a slightly smaller tall basin or hanging basin, which should be selected according to personal preference and variety. Why do you recommend a smaller flowerpot? Because the growth of plants is to grow roots and branches first, accumulate enough nutrients for vegetative growth, and then blossom and bear fruit for reproductive growth. If the pot is too large, it will cause the orchid to grow roots desperately, and the root system will not begin to grow leaves until the pot is full, which will virtually prolong the flowering time of the orchid. If there are too many roots in the basin, watering a little carelessly will cause rotten roots and stems, which is disadvantageous to the growth of the plant.

The original creeping root system of Cymbidium is shallow and weak, but it promotes the formation of strong aerial root, which is also another way to absorb nutrition. Therefore, we water the ball orchid basin soil is not dry, especially in the cold winter, the temperature is low, but also to control the amount of water. Ball orchid likes humid climate, often spraying water will make aerial roots absorb enough water for branches to grow. The over-dry air environment will affect the beauty of leaves and the formation of flower buds. After the inflorescence appears, do not move the branches or flowerpots back and forth to prevent falling flowers and buds. The verrucose nodes on the vine should be protected to facilitate the growth and flowering of new vines.

The peak growth period of orchid is from May to August every year. Mature organic liquid fertilizer such as diluted cake fertilizer and inorganic phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, such as potassium dihydrogen phosphate, can be applied every 15 days, which is not only beneficial to the strength of stem nodes, but also promote the flowering of bulbous orchids. The times of watering and fertilization should be reduced after autumn, which is beneficial to the winter.

The pruning of bulbous orchid can purposefully remove the adventitious buds germinated on the branches in time to avoid excessive consumption of nutrients, but also can properly prune some branches, increase plant permeability, make plant growth more robust, and more conducive to concentrated nutrients for flowering. However, do not trim off the flowering branches of the ball orchid, because it will be reflowered on the original pedicel in the coming year, so you must keep the original pedicel when pruning.