How to raise the queen butterfly orchid in the flower

Phalaenopsis gets its name because its flower shape is like dancing butterflies. Now it is found that there are more than 70 native species of Phalaenopsis. Phalaenopsis has short stems, beautiful flowers, gorgeous and delicate colors, which has won the love of many people. Many orchid lovers will grow Phalaenopsis at home, so how to grow Phalaenopsis? Let's learn about it with the editor.

Butterfly orchid culture methods:

1. Ecological habits of Phalaenopsis.

If you want to understand how to raise Phalaenopsis, of course, you must first understand the ecological habits of Phalaenopsis! Phalaenopsis likes the environment of high temperature, high humidity, ventilation and ventilation; it is not resistant to waterlogging.

Resistant to semi-overcast environment, avoid direct sunlight, avoid stagnant water, fear cold, the suitable temperature for growth is 22-28 ℃, and the overwintering temperature is not less than 15 ℃.

2. How to cultivate Phalaenopsis

The cultivation of Phalaenopsis generally uses water moss and bark as the cultivation substrate, and the principle of fertilization is less fertilization, light fertilizer, no fertilization at flowering stage, once a week. Nutrient solution is also available, but it is better to use a special nutrient solution for Phalaenopsis. The stem should be cut off as soon as possible after the flower is in bloom. Cut from between the first and second segments of the base.

The temperature of cultivation and maintenance is 25: 28 ℃ in daytime and 18: 20 ℃ at night. The temperature above 35 ℃ or below 10 ℃ will make it dormant and stop growing.

Humidity: the humidity should be kept at about 70% throughout the year. When the temperature is too low, it is necessary to reduce the humidity, otherwise it is easy to cause disease.

Moisture: the principle of watering is to water until dry, generally watering should be carried out in the morning, watering once every 5-10 days, but when the indoor air is dry, the sprayer can be used to spray directly to the leaf, but it should be noted that the water mist should not be sprayed on the flowers during the flowering period. In addition, we should pay attention to the root should not accumulate water.

Lighting: generally, it should be placed in an environment where there is no strong light indoors, and do not direct sunlight before and after noon.

Air: Phalaenopsis likes fresh and flowing air environment, avoid muggy, poor ventilation, smoking or dirty air will make flowers wither ahead of time.

The above is the introduction of how to raise Phalaenopsis. From above, we can know that it takes a lot of thought to grow Phalaenopsis. Phalaenopsis has certain requirements for temperature, humidity and moisture. I hope everyone will pay attention to various factors that will affect the growth of Phalaenopsis when planting Phalaenopsis.