How to make butterfly orchids bloom more and better

It is a delicate task to maintain Phalaenopsis and make it bloom more. The new plant of Phalaenopsis needs to be cultivated for 3 years before it can form flower buds and produce bright flowers. The differentiation and formation of butterfly orchid flower buds is mainly affected by temperature, which requires not only a certain accumulated temperature, but also a short period of low temperature treatment. After entering autumn, the low temperature of 15-18 ℃ at night is the condition to ensure the flower bud differentiation. In addition, the flower seedlings were treated with low temperature for 18 hours a day, and many flower buds could be formed after continuous treatment for one and a half months. After flower bud formation, the night temperature can be kept between 18-20 ℃, and it can blossom after 3-4 months.

The flowering period of Phalaenopsis is longer, and if the pedicel is cut off in the early stage, it can blossom for the second time in the same year. Phalaenopsis with different varieties, flowering time is also different, generally each pedicel can grow more than a dozen flowers, from the bottom to the top one by one, a flower can bloom for more than a month.

In order to promote its blooming, some liquid fertilizer can be sprayed on the leaves and roots during the growing season. Fertilizer is usually applied every 3 to 4 weeks in spring. Stop fertilizing during flowering and apply fertilizer every 10 days after flowering. Fertilization is mainly liquid fertilizer with high content of phosphorus and potassium, which should be applied less and lightly each time. Phalaenopsis grows vigorously in summer. Solid organic fertilizer can be applied once in the basin, and then liquid fertilizer will be applied once a week. The cool weather in autumn decreases gradually, and the fertilizer can be stopped by the end of October.