Things You'll Need:
- Gravel
- Misting Spray Bottles
- Gravel
- Hygrometers
- Orchid Fertilizers
- Plant Light
- Plants
- Plants
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Step 1
Give orchids a humid environment - between 30 and 40 percent humidity. Bathrooms and kitchens are usually good, humid environments.
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Step 2
Increase humidity in the environment by setting the orchid pot on a tray filled with gravel and water; this helps raise the humidity around the plant.
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Step 3
Give orchids bright but not direct light. Place the pots on a shelf by an east- or south-facing window, or under a skylight.
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Step 4
Grow orchids under a wide-spectrum fluorescent light if you don't have enough light from windows.
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Step 5
Spray the orchids with a fine mist of water daily.
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Step 6
Water orchids in pots that are less than 8 inches in diameter twice a week. Water orchids in pots bigger than 8 inches once a week.
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Step 7
Fertilize weekly using half the recommended amount of specially designed orchid fertilizer.
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Step 8
Repot orchids approximately every two years (see "How to Repot Orchids," under Related eHows).
Comments
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cameramaam said
on 5/9/2008 Placing a gravel- and water-filled tray in the home is an excellent way to promote the growth of fungus without changing the humidity even one little bit.
A vanda, in a pot, in an east-facing window will not only never, ever flower, it will decline in vigor for years until it finally dies.
Vandas and phalaenopsis require fairly opposite care - aside from both being heat-tolerant, they have very little in common with regards to growing conditions.
Not a helpful or informative article.