Keeping Your Orchid Alive
Orchid expert Randall Bayer talks about keeping your orchid alive and happy. Orchids live on trees in tropical areas. Their roots absorb water from the almost daily rains in those areas. The tree bark where they are growing then quickly dries out. The orchids store the water in special structures called pseudo bulbs or in their leaves.
Orchids for sale in stores are usually potted in sphagnum peat moss. The peat moss holds water and does not let the orchid roots dry out between watering like they do in the wild. This means that without special attention, the roots will rot, and the plant will die in a short time. To keep the plant from dying the orchid must be repotted. Randall repots an orchid purchased in a grocery store and shows and explains all the steps.
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Orchids for sale in stores are usually potted in sphagnum peat moss. The peat moss holds water and does not let the orchid roots dry out between watering like they do in the wild. This means that without special attention, the roots will rot, and the plant will die in a short time. To keep the plant from dying the orchid must be repotted. Randall repots an orchid purchased in a grocery store and shows and explains all the steps.
Related Videos:
When repotting an orchid should I put the air roots in the potting medium?
Repotting Houseplants
Related Resources:
Growing Orchids in the Home
Growing orchids for beginners
Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum species; easy orchids to grow as houseplants