Blue Orchid: what is the secret? Some subtleties of cultivation

Blue and blue orchids appeared on the shelves of stores is relatively recent, but already become popular among the lovers of flowers. Indeed, these flowers are fascinating for its unusual beauty, so everyone wants to have the exotic in its window.

But how to take care of such an unusual plant? You need to be familiar with all the intricacies of growing blue orchids.

Flower out of the store

In fact, in nature there is a orchid color. All blue phalaenopsis presented in stores, chemically colored. With that, often unscrupulous agronomists make staining disastrous for Flower way:

· Spraying peduncle, less harmful embodiment;

· Watering the soil and roots of colored water, which leads to poisoning of the whole plant.

The first orchid blue hue was presented at the exhibition of exotic flowers in Florida. This flower was named "Royal Blue phalaenopsis" and its producers are painted flowers on the special patented technology with minimum harmful to plants in general.

At the same time, they do not hide the fact that in the next flowering plant will return to its natural white color.

If your house appeared orchid color Indigo, you should not rejoice too soon. Most likely, the plant was painted a barbarous manner, so it can be lost in the near future.

It is necessary to take urgent measures to save the flower:

1. Carefully inspect the plant to determine in what way it was painted. If stained only spike, then the flower has a good chance to survive. If stained with soil and roots, the stems and leaves have to be unnatural bluish tint. Also at the plant may be traces of injections.

2. If the buds are beginning to crumble, it is a cause for panic. It is necessary to remove the plant from the pot and rinse with warm water, rotten place where introduced ink, remove and then replace the substrate in the pot.

3. Chemically colored part (bud, stems) are best cut, and wound with ash fall asleep. So it is possible to protect the plant from exposure to hazardous substances.

4. It is necessary to ensure long lighting and temperature control in 25 degrees during the day and not less than 14 degrees Celsius at night.

5. Watering orchids should, as appropriate, once a month to feed a special fertilizer.

As for the rest, taking care of a blue orchid is different from the care of her brothers. It is worth remembering that this flower suffered heavy loads, so it needs care and attention.

True blue orchids

Japanese breeders in 2013 were able to bring the orchid with a blue tint, based Phalaenopsis Aphrodite and gene plants commelina. However, in the free market of this plant there is still no. But really it is impossible to find the true blue orchids?

In fact, there are a few representatives of the orchid family, which in its beauty is not inferior to the Royal Blue phalaenopsis:

1. Vanda Orchid - whimsical flower, care that is subservient only to professionals. But its beauty and splendor of the flowering mesmerizing.

2. Cattleya Orchid - this flower has big buds with luscious floral aroma, while it is unpretentious in care. However, it is not as intense coloring than the colored Phalaenopsis.

If the lover of flowers really want to become the owner of a blue orchid, then choose it is best not in stores, and large exotic exhibitions. So a chance to buy a healthy plant that is able to please its owner.