How to cultivate orchids

Orchid cultivation method: choose soft soil for planting, loosen the soil regularly, and the flowerpot should not be too big. Orchids like to be wet, but they should not be watered too much.

Orchids are suitable for growing in fertile and breathable acid soil. When planting, sand, humus and pastoral soil should be mixed, and special fertilizer for orchids can be added to increase soil fertility. It is also necessary to loosen the soil regularly to ensure the absorption of nutrients by plant roots.

After planting orchids, we'd better put them on the balcony or yard facing south. In spring and winter, orchids should receive as much light as possible. In summer and autumn, orchids should not be placed in direct sunlight. Water the orchid when it is dry. When watering, water it thoroughly once, and you can water it for a while.

orchid

Orchid is a kind of orchid, which is widely distributed all over China. Orchids have been cultivated in China for more than 2000 years. Orchids have always been regarded as a symbol of nobility and elegance. Together with "plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum", they are called "four gentlemen" and are one of the top ten famous flowers in China. Orchids are white, pure white, white-green, yellow-green, light yellow, light yellow-brown, yellow, red, cyan and purple.

Orchids have been cultivated in China for about 2000 years. It is reported that as early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, King of Yue, had planted orchids in the mountains of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, orchids have been used to decorate courtyards. At first, the ancients mainly collected wild orchids. As for the artificial cultivation of orchids, it started from the court.