Care orchid Milton home

Miltonia - one of the varieties of orchids. She is not less beautiful than the others, but growers valued at less fastidiousness. If the owner of a flower will create the required conditions for it, it will please his long flowering.

growing conditions

In nature, this orchid grows in shady moist forests, parasitic on the trees. At the base of the shoot formed pseudobulb plants. This thickening orchid stores water. At home, it is necessary to create the appropriate conditions.

Lighting

It should be scattered, allowed easy penumbra. When exposed to direct rays of the sun burn may occur on the leaves. In winter it is desirable to use fitolampy to lighting plants obtained within 12-15 hours.

location

Milton is placed on the window sill east or west orientation. Every day you need to ventilate the room, but make sure that the plant is not standing in a draft.

Temperature

The optimum temperature of the room in spring and summer - 20-23 ° C, fall and winter - 17-20 ° C. Its sharp fluctuations should not be. At temperatures below 12 ° Smiltoniya dies.

Care

Although this plant is not very capricious, but does not care it will lose its sophisticated look and can even die.

Transfer

Orchid does not like the process, so the transplant is carried out in extreme cases, when the roots begin to get out of the pot. Planting container must be transparent because of the roots as well as through the leaves, photosynthesis occurs.

Soil for orchids is different from the soil necessary for most plants. It consists of a mixture of the fine fraction tree bark, sphagnum moss, peat, charcoal.

Watering

In the spring-summer season Milton watered frequently, as the soil dries, the winter is much less common. Excess water poured from the tray. Small drying orchid transfer easier than waterlogging, which can rot the roots.

Watering is made from a narrow growths on the wall of the pot. In the method of immersion must be careful not to become wet leaf axils and pseudobulb.

Sometimes the plant can arrange a warm shower, after which the sinuses are dried.

Humidity

In summer, the indoor air is dry, and Milton leaves can coagulate the heat. In order to facilitate breathing orchid, you must do the following:

· Put the pot in a tray of expanded clay, which is constantly moistened;

· Irrigate with water from a spray air;

· Around the plant to place small containers with water.

If the air is too dry orchid slow growth, it will dry flower stalks.

Showing a little effort and patience in caring for Milton, growers will acquire the plant, one that reacts with gratitude for your attention long flowering.