Key Points of Flower Maintenance of Orchid

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Orchid flowering maintenance is very important, improper maintenance may cause bud loss or even bud loss, spring orchid and cymbidium from bud to bloom, it takes nearly half a year, so it is necessary to carefully care during this period, which is directly related to whether orchids can bloom beautiful flowers. Here are some tips for maintaining orchid flowering:

Key Points of Flower Maintenance of Orchid

(1) After the bud is unearthed, do not touch and squeeze it with your hands: the first orchid grower sees the new bud unearthed, and it is unclear whether it is a leaf bud or a flower bud. He cannot help but touch and pinch it with his hands. Unexpectedly, the newly unearthed buds are very delicate. When you squeeze them, the outer shell will be "scorched" and even cause the buds to be "rigid". Therefore, you can only observe them with your eyes. Do not squeeze them.

(2) After the buds are all out, according to the number and growth status of the orchid plants, the buds are thinned: weak and strong, such as a pot of spring orchid famous species, only 4 or 5 seedlings, leaving one flower bud is enough;8 or 9 seedlings can leave 2 buds; more than ten seedlings can leave 3 buds. The author has a pot of "Yi Pin" 10 seedlings, from 8 buds, thinning out 6, leaving only 2. That's to avoid consuming too many nutrients. The principle of bud thinning is to "remove weak buds and keep strong buds"-buds are formed in the front ridge (new pseudobulbs every other year) and the back ridge, and it is better to keep the buds of the strong grass in the front ridge and remove the buds in the back ridge; only one bud is left for two buds of a strong grass; the buds of weak seedlings are resolutely removed and cannot be retained; the buds that are unearthed too late are also removed; the buds crowded in the orchid leaves are not as good as those around the orchid plants.

(3) In order to prevent bud fall, summer and autumn cymbidium and autumn cymbidium are often exposed to light. Strong, high temperature and poor flowering; winter and spring flowers of cold orchid, ink orchid and spring orchid, often vulnerable to cold cases of northwest wind and frost attacks. Therefore, summer and autumn should block the sun, surrounding watering cooling; winter and spring should block the northwest wind and frost attack.

(4) Orchid from jointing to flowering period, should be properly controlled humidity: orchid began to pull stems, need a certain amount of water, if there is no humid environment in the pot, flower stems will not be drawn high and short pot surface, covered by leaves, damaging the beauty. In order to make the scape tall, the pot must be kept moist and not too dry. When the stamens are opened and the petals are relaxed, the basin will be slightly dry. If the humidity in the basin is too large, the scape can continue to rise, but it will often cause the accessory petals to "fall off the shoulders" and affect the appearance of the flower. Therefore, the water content should be reduced on the eve of valve relaxation. However, it cannot be generalized. For some strange varieties, such as spring orchid butterfly, Liang Xi stamen butterfly, dance butterfly, etc., as well as cymbidium cloud, seagull, bee Qiao, Li Xing stamen butterfly, etc., not only should they not be slightly dry, but they should be more moist, so as to promote the expansion of petals to show their odd petal morphological characteristics.

(5) When the flower scape is pulled up and the pistil tip is exposed, adjust the light appropriately: after the flower scape of the orchid is extended, if it is skewed, the basin direction should be changed in time to make it receive equal light and maintain a slim posture. Before flowers bloom, it is advisable to give scattered light. Too much light burns flowers; too little light makes flowers look bad. During flowering, it is best to maintain it in shade to avoid strong light stimulation and ensure that the flowers bloom beautifully and correctly. Therefore, orchid petals should be placed in a place where there is scattered light while avoiding direct sunlight.

(6) timely flower cutting: orchid flowering period is generally more than ten days, some as long as a month, ordinary orchids can let it bloom to its heart's content, but expensive orchids do not consume too much nutrients and affect the development of new buds, spring orchids since the opening of petals at most a week should be timely flower cutting. Cymbidium with many flowers on one stem should be cut off in time after 5 or 6 days from bottom to top (except for exhibition needs).

Cutting method: spring orchid flowers can be pulled up with stems--two fingers from the pot surface inch pinch the flower stem, quickly pull up, even flowers with stems pulled up, leaving no residual stems; Hui flowers pulled up, with scissors from the pot surface 2 inches will be oblique cut off. Cut flowers. Use matches to scorch the end of the scape,"close", keep it in a vase of water, throw it for a few days. There is also a simpler way, is to use a clean glass bottle, pour out the water, cut flowers into the bottle, cover tightly, because there is a certain moisture in the bottle, flowers as beautiful as usual, can ensure that the viewing for half a month.

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