This is how you provide the orchid with nutrients

What is the nutritional requirement of a Phalaenopsis?

Even if the lush flowers of a butterfly orchid (bot. Phalaenopsis) does not suggest, the nutritional needs of this orchid are quite low. As a rule, the plant tolerates it better if it is not fertilized enough than if it were given too much fertilizer.

How often should a phalaenopsis be fertilized?

During the growth phase and the flowering period, you can use your Phalaenopsis once a week fertilize. If you forget it, it doesn't matter. As already mentioned, less is better than too much. Reduce the amount of fertilizer in winter if your Phalaenopsis is still in a warm place place stands. With cooler ones Temperatures stop fertilizing completely for some time.

Which fertilizer is suitable for butterfly orchids?

In their natural home, a Phalaenopsis does not grow in the ground, but on trees. Therefore, it does not tolerate "normal" soil and consequently also not commercially available

Flower fertilizer.(€ 71.80 at Amazon *) For this reason, use special Orchid fertilizer. This may seem a bit expensive at first glance, but it is only given in small doses.

Does fertilizer help the flower to bloom more beautifully?

If your Phalaenopsis does not bloom then there may well be maintenance errors behind it. However, it is rarely due to a lack of nutrients. But it is possible that you have too much or too little of the butterfly orchid poured. So check the roots. If these are soft or even mushy and lazy, then they should cut off will.

The essentials in brief:

• no high nutritional requirements
• does not tolerate normal Potting soil nor ordinary fertilizer
• Fertilize once a week during the growth phase
• only use special orchid fertilizers
• reduce the dose in winter or do without fertilizers altogether
• rather fertilize too little than too much