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Orchids no longer bloom? This is how you bring the blaze of color back

2021-08-17T04:09:20.061Z


Orchids are the classic houseplants - but not everyone has a green thumb. This is to be done if the flower does not bloom.


Orchids are the classic houseplants - but not everyone has a green thumb.

This is to be done if the flower does not bloom.

When you buy it, the orchid still blooms wonderfully, but as soon as the bloom is over, does the plant remain bare for months?

This is quite normal with some orchid species - the plant usually flowers once, sometimes even twice a year.

However, if the orchid remains without flowering for more than a year, it is time to start troubleshooting.

Orchid not blooming?

Make sure you have the right climate

Orchids have their natural home in the rainforest - so they are used to high humidity and high temperatures.

In order to create similar conditions in your home, you should

spray

your plant regularly with a little

lukewarm, low-lime water

.

A humidifier can also help.

This is especially true if your orchid is near a heater or other heat source.

Video: National Orchid Day

Create the right lighting for your orchid

Neither strong sunlight at the south window nor poor light conditions in the north-facing part of the apartment are good for the orchid.

Even in its natural environment in the rainforest, the plant is usually not exposed to the blazing sun.

Therefore,

a place at the east or west window is

best suited for the orchid

, where it is provided with both sun and shade.

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Bring orchids to bloom: allow them to be pruned

If your orchid no longer wants to bloom properly, you may want to cut it back as well. With the popular

butterfly

orchids, use clean scissors to place below the faded shoots, but

above the resting eyes

, and cut the shoot there. Make sure, however, that all of the flowers on the stem have wilted. After three months, a new flower panicle sprouts from the sleeping buds, as reported by the online portal

My beautiful garden

. The stem is then shortened at mid-height just above the second or third eye so that the shoot does not become too long. Then the orchid needs a cooler location for its resting phase and only a little water at first.

Orchids need plenty of water, but they shouldn't have constantly wet roots.

"

Dipping

"

is suitable for this, which

means: The orchid is placed in lukewarm water for a few minutes up to the top of the pot.

Then let the excess water run off and put the plant back in the pot.

Discard any water that will later collect in the pot.

It is poured again as soon as the substrate is slightly dry again.

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Source: merkur

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