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Help-care for orchid
I just purchased an orchid plant. It is in beatuiful bloom now. How
do I care for it? When do orchids bloom? How long? I understand from the label is likes indirect light, How much is that? If it is any help, the label on the plant reads "Dtpx.Sun Prince X Phal.Ho's French Fantasia. Any help would be appreciated. I love plants but have never owned an orchid. |
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Help-care for orchid
Susan has provided good advice for the Dtps. I must, however, add that
you need to keep it out of direct sunlight as the leaves cannot get red (sunburned) and if so the plant will be slow to grow and/or recover. A good place to grow a phal is in a sheer-curtained northern window and in a room with a window or door that allows for good air circulation. .. . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html -------------------------------------- Susan Erickson wrote: On 10 Feb 2003 19:37:01 -0800, (PeggyJ) wrote: I just purchased an orchid plant. It is in beatuiful bloom now. How do I care for it? When do orchids bloom? How long? I understand from the label is likes indirect light, How much is that? If it is any help, the label on the plant reads "Dtpx.Sun Prince X Phal.Ho's French Fantasia. Any help would be appreciated. I love plants but have never owned an orchid. Your plant has been registered and the name is Dtps Leopard Prince It is a hybrid of a Doritis and a Phalaenopsis the Dtps stands for Doritaenopsis. It likes filtered light. Keep the center of the plant dry when you water. Do not let it stand dry for more than a day because it likes to just dry out before it gets watered again. It does not want to sit 3 days dry. On the other hand it will die faster from over watering than 3 dry days. It would like a higher than house humidity, so if you have other plants in a group, add it. The combination of plants will cause a small pocket of moister air. At times it will grow roots outside the pot. These are called air roots. When you water, let them get wet long enough that they turn from silver to green. Gently fertilize with 1/2 strength plant food. OK guys what did I forget and what do you want to add? SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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