Dendrobium is a noble. Home care for an orchid

Many growers consider an orchid to be difficult in growing a flower, but there are some species that do not require special care and are well established. To such relatively unpretentious plants is dendrobium nobil. Care at home involves watering, fertilizing, wiping the leaves from dust and periodically replanting the plant. If everything is done correctly, a beautiful and luxurious orchid will please the eye for many years.

The genus Dendrobium has about 1200 species, at home phalaenopsis and nobil are most often grown, since it is the easiest way to care for them. In the wild, these plants are found in Australia, southern Asia, New Zealand, the islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Over the long years of work of breeders, a huge number of hybrids of dendrobium nobil have been deduced. White, pink, yellow, purple, brown - just what colors you will not see! Many colors of the lip are painted in a contrasting color, which is also very interesting looks.

Flowering of the plant occurs at any time of the year, but most often it is the period from autumn to spring, when the full cycle of life of the dendrobium nobilis will pass. Home care involves placing a pot with a flower in the flowering period in a cool and well-lit place. In winter, dendrobium feels great on the southern windows, fertilizing is not needed at this time, watering is limited. Immediately after the end of flowering, you can increase watering and begin to pamper the orchid with additional fertilizing.

In summer, dendrobium feels great on the eastern and western windows, where it is light, but not too hot. In the spring, babies appear and the greenery grows, so in this period balanced feeding is needed, which the dendrobium noble needs so much. Care at home involves the termination of abundant watering in the autumn, because the plant comes to rest, when it needs to prepare for the next flowering.

Periodic feeding, plenty of light, sprinkling of leaves, watering - that's all that the orchid dendrobium likes . The photo of this plant attracts many flower lovers, so it has become very popular. Since dendrobium has aerial roots, they will constantly be in search of moisture, they can not be pushed back into the pot. If water stagnates in the pan, then the roots will go there.

To transplant an orchid without unnecessary need is not to not injure the roots. Once in three years - quite enough. In summer, the pot can be completely immersed in water for 10 minutes, and then taken out, but in the winter it should be watered only if the earthen soil is dry. Such a regime is as close as possible to the natural conditions in which dendrobium nobilis dwells. Care at home for this plant is simple, you just need to adhere to certain recommendations.

If desired, the orchid can be propagated, after flowering, babies appear, which grow up to summer. When their roots reach a length of 3-5 cm, young plants can be separated and planted in a small pot. Capacity should be selected small, as dendrobium likes when the roots are cramped. Children can not be touched, in which case a large and magnificent bush will grow, as in natural conditions.