Articles for category: Orchid Care

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Growing Orchids Under Lights For Beginners

Many kinds of orchids can successfully be grown with artificial light. Artificial lighting might even work better for you than a windowsill because it allows you to have total control over the amount and light intensity that your orchids receive every day. Rooms that you might have never thought could be utilized to grow plants ...

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Orchid Blooming: Tips and Tricks

Keeping Your Orchid Blooming For As Long As Possible… When growing orchids, you want to make sure that the flowers last as long as possible. How long your orchid flowers last, greatly depends on the variety of orchid as well as the care that the blooms receive. Phalaenopsis orchids, one of the most popular types, normally ...

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Ventilation for Orchid: What should you know?

Why Ventilation is So Important? Another important aspect in how to care for an orchid that I cover in detail on our website, is providing adequate ventilation. Air movement for your orchid is important for many reasons. Air flow can help eliminate problems such as drying up any water that is standing on the leaves ...

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How To Enjoy Year-Round Orchid Blooms?

Enjoy Orchid Blooms All Year! There is no better feeling than when your orchid finally begins to bloom! Once the blooms begin to fall off, it is a waiting game until the next blooms appear again. Why not get a variety of orchids that bloom at different times of the year so that you will ...

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Mounting Orchids: Some basic tips for you

Creating Orchid Mounts Growing orchids outside on trees and inside on mounts is a beautiful and natural way of displaying these plants. If you live in the United States and are unsure if growing orchids outdoors is a good option for you where you live, you can visit the USDA’s website, enter your zip code, and ...