How many years living Orchid
Orchid truly can be called a flower that symbolizes love and beauty of the world! Proper care of it - this is the main factor influencing the life expectancy and quality of flowering.
A wide variety of grades, allowing the consumer to choose an orchid on the basis of climatic features where do you live, price range, demanding to care, its resistance to fungal diseases.
Duration of flowering orchids and life
Florist should know that this plant is by definition likes a warm climate, which means that it is quite demanding as to temperature conditions and for irrigation.
All varieties are divided into 2 types: hybrid and non-hybrid:
1) Hybrid. It stands out bright, expressive color, good resistance to temperature, and as a whole, they are suitable for transplant in an open ground in the summer. Hybrid orchids live 5-10, and under ideal conditions - up to 20 years.
2) Not hybrid. Varieties have not changed and as a result, have a greater duration of flowering. Some varieties live more than 30 years, and the most expensive can bloom more than 100 years.
INTERESTING TO KNOW
Orchids are not only an ornament, but also the property that royals inherited. For example, in Denmark it grows great pafiopediluma, which for over 150 years.
Allocate main factors:
1) Transfer. Repotting should be done every 3 years, in the warm season. Typically, when you purchase an orchid in a pot is a substrate that has a certain lifespan.
So it is advisable to transplant the flower, despite the fact that this plant will be a lot of stress. Thus, changing the soil to a new one, you give the opportunity to the plant to absorb nutrients.
2) Watering. Lack of moisture, as well as its excess, adversely affect the state of the leaves and the stem. In addition to watering, you must periodically give flowers fertilizing with nutrients: it should be done before flowering, as soon as the stems will be formed.
3) Disease. The main problem gardeners - this Phalaenopsis rot the root system. It occurs due to high humidity in the room, as well as excessive watering.
Sometimes, the occurrence of premature rot decay and can contribute to correctly matched substrate: a pack should be marked with the species identity.