Orchid Vanda: Care at home for a beautiful plant

Vanda orchid beautiful flowers fascinating. They blend into small florets and are most often purple hue, but there are yellow, magenta or white spotted.

More recently, it was believed that grow this finicky flower is almost impossible home.

Today, however, the orchid has successfully bred a large number of flower lovers.

But to the orchid Vanda pleased with its beauty as long as possible, it is necessary to study and observe the basic rules of care for her.

Priming

Surprisingly, for the cultivation of Wanda does not need land, it can be hung from the bare roots.

Those who do not consider it aesthetically, can put the plant into the ground, but it should be loose and dry quickly, and in a pot need to make a large number of holes for air penetration.

As a primer, you can use shredded pine bark. Or, alternatively, the orchid is placed in a transparent glass vase without soil.

Lighting

Orchid Vanda loves the light, but it is contraindicated in direct sunlight, they can cause irreparable damage to the leaves. With a lack of light it is likely that the orchids do not bloom.

Therefore it is not recommended to put it on the north window.

During the warm season, when the outside temperature is above 16 ° C, the flower should be brought into the fresh air, such as a balcony.

It should start with the penumbra, and then gradually move to the ambient light.

Color leaves will help you understand that there is enough sunlight orchid. Normally, they should be rich green. Brown leaves mean the lack of light and pale - an excess.

Temperature

Vanda orchid likes warmth. It requires the temperature 18 - 30 ° C by day and not less than 16 ° C at night.

To stimulate flowering plant must provide differential daytime and nighttime temperatures not lower than 10 ° C.

Watering and fertilizing

Watering Vanda-process, requiring specialized knowledge.

Recommend to do it in the following ways:

1. Watering of the shower. The plant is placed in the bath and poured warm water waiting to become green roots. Only watered the roots and the leaves and flowers should be protected from water.

2. The roots of the orchid is lowered into the water along with pot for half a minute.

3. Watering from a watering can in the case of cultivation in the ground.

4. Sprinkle. It is used for plants that contain bare roots.

Once a month, the orchid Vanda should be fed with special fertilizers, selected specialists.

Transfer

Planned transplant carried a young specimens, and mature plants tolerate transplanting difficult. Repot the plant can only be dry, and the need to carefully examine the roots and remove rotten roots if available.

It is important to know that the transplant flowering plant is prohibited.

Sometimes the plant requires urgent transplant if:

· Soil became very tight and prevents air circulation;

· Soil dry for a long time;

· There were rotten roots;

· Plant too deeply seated in the ground.