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How to raise Phalaenopsis in family

Gustavo Fring
2020-07-18 10:35:44
In order to breed Phalaenopsis in family, it is necessary to use weak acid soil with good air permeability and high nutrient content, maintain the temperature of 16-30 ℃, and give it enough water without excessive water and scattered light. If reproduction is to be carried out, it is recommended to use pedicel germination method.

I. breeding conditions

1. Soil: Family Cultivation of Phalaenopsis, try to use weak acid soil with good air permeability and high nutrient content. Specifically, it can be mixed with pine needles, tree bark, peanut shell and clay ball.

2. Temperature: in the growth period, it needs to be given a temperature of 16-30 ℃; in summer, it needs to be kept below 32 ℃; in winter, it needs to be kept between 13-16 ℃.

3. Water content: it likes to be wet. Usually, it needs to replenish water in time. It can't let the soil dry out, and it needs to spray some water mist to its leaves in time to maintain the air humidity.

4. Light: it likes the growth condition of half shade, and it can be placed in the place with scattered light at ordinary times. In summer, we need to block out the light.

2. Breeding methods

In order to breed Phalaenopsis at home, the most commonly used method is pedunculate. Specifically, it is to remove the broken flowers from the flower branches after flowering, and then disinfect the flower branches. After that, the bracts were removed, and then the buds were smeared with germinating drugs. Then put the plant in the dark environment of 25-28 ℃, wait for 90 days or so, the buds will grow roots, and then you can cut it off and transplant it into a new pot.

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