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.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Misting Spray Bottles
• Orchid Fertilizers
• Orchid Plants In Containers
• Orchid Pots
• Plant Hangers

1. Choose an orchid that will grow outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10 - such as Cymbidium, Epidendrum or green-leaved forms of Paphiopedilum.
2. Hang the orchid pot from the limb of a tree where it will be in the shade.
3. Choose a spot that has bright indirect light - no sunlight should fall directly on the orchid.
4. Mist the orchid daily in the morning.
5. Bring the orchid indoors when the flower stem appears so you can enjoy the flowers inside.
6. 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.