How to Move Orchids to Your Garden
Transplant orchids to your garden so that you can enjoy them in a natural setting. Some cool-climate orchids can grow outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10. In USDA zone 8, set your orchids outside for the summer. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Misting Spray Bottles
- Orchid Fertilizers
- Orchid Plants In Containers
- Orchid Pots
- Plant Hangers
Instructions
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Choose an orchid that will grow outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10 - such as Cymbidium, Epidendrum or green-leaved forms of Paphiopedilum.
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Hang the orchid pot from the limb of a tree where it will be in the shade.
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Choose a spot that has bright indirect light - no sunlight should fall directly on the orchid.
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Mist the orchid daily in the morning.
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Bring the orchid indoors when the flower stem appears so you can enjoy the flowers inside.
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Follow the orchid-growers' saying and fertilize "weekly-weakly" (soluble orchid fertilizer used half-strength every week).
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Tips & Warnings
In USDA zone 8, give your orchids a summer vacation outside. Follow the directions above, but bring indoors before the first frost.
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Comments
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VeloCC
Aug 22, 2007
I put my orchids outside, but we had so much rain lately. that they suffered from it. Should I bring them back inside. I live in Omaha, NE. Zone 5 -
VeloCC
Aug 22, 2007
I put my orchids outside, but we had so much rain lately. that they suffered from it. Should I bring them back inside. I live in Omaha, NE. Zone 5
