How to simulate the perfect location

Jungle giants serve as the throne for the royal flowers

Tropical rainforests are characterized by a warm, humid climate with slight fluctuations between day and night temperatures. The typical multi-storey building made of mighty trees, medium-sized and small plants means that there is eternal twilight on the ground. In the course of their long evolution, orchids have developed this clever strategy in order to still receive enough sunlight for photosynthesis:

• Orchids thrive epiphytically as epiphytic plants from trees
• Near the canopy under the canopy, they cling to the branches with part of their roots
• The aerial roots catch the rain to deliver water and nutrients to the leaves

While in some regions of the tropics there is daily rain, in other regions there is an alternation between rainy and dry seasons. So that the orchids there do not have to starve during the dry season, they have

Bulbs as storage organs. Here water and nutrients can be stored for bad times.

Inferences for care - how to simulate natural conditions

Have you familiarized yourself with the framework conditions that a tropical rainforest offers orchids? Then these central maintenance measures result from this:

• A bright location without direct sun with room temperatures without major fluctuations
• Thrifty to water and spray daily with soft rainwater or decalcified tap water
• From May to September every 4 weeks with liquid Orchid fertilizer spoil

So that the aerial roots receive enough light, please place an orchid in a transparent culture pot. Choose a rough one Orchid substrate(€ 7.98 at Amazon *) from pine bark, sphagnum and Lava granules.(€ 14.00 at Amazon *)