Tips and tricks, how to choose when buying orchids

Orchid - a gentle, whimsical flower, requires exceptional care. But when you start the flowering period, from plants is impossible to look away. To orchid caught at home, you need to choose it in the store. What to look for? On this and I will cover in this article.

choose the type

There are many varieties of orchids. They differ in color, size, demanding to leave.

Beginners florist is better to buy Orchid Phalaenopsis. This species is the most undemanding of care, but no less beautiful.

There are more than 25,000 different falenospisov, so you can choose a flower to your liking.

Orchid Pafeopedilum It is also suitable for beginners. It looks like this plant as a lady's slipper, only larger. Stains can be very different.

Dendrobium Orchid native to Australia and New Zealand. Flower more capricious than the previous two species.

Dendrobium prefers good lighting and a high humidity, so it must be frequently sprayed.

Cymbidium Orchid incredibly delicate and beautiful flower with elongated petals.

The flowers come in different colors, most often it is gentle pastel colors. The plant is well feels at home.

Choosing a healthy plant

Buying orchid in a shop or a flower shop, you need to be very careful. The fact that orchids are very rapidly affected by fungi and pathogenic bacteria.

If the store did not receive flowers quality care, they may get sick.

What to look for:

· The place where orchids are stored must be dry and free of condensation on the walls;

· Pots must be transparent, with ventilation holes. This is in order to be clearly visible root system;

· Be sure to be label that shows the type of plants, country of origin and the date of packaging. It should also be the date of delivery to the store;

· Buy a plant better with dry soil, so orchid better transfer move and adapt quickly;

· The roots of the orchid should be with long green tips. This suggests that the plant develops normally.

If the roots are short, but with green tips, then the orchid is dormant or just woke up.

· The leaves should be green and resilient, with no signs of yellowing and rot.

In general, the choice of orchids better to be safe. If the plant will be purchased with some flaws, then soon it may be lost