Orchids can be grown on sponge rock or perlite – as long as the right conditions are achieved. Learn more in this free educational video series. Expert: William Hutchinson Bio: Bill has been working with orchids since 1951 but is the first to admit that he is still learning. He graduated from Stockbridge School of Agriculture in Floriculture/Horticulture. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Growing orchids indoors is possible by putting them in an east-facing window, watering them with likewarm water and wiping the leaves dry with a clean cloth. Grow orchids inside the house, never throwing away a plant once the blossoms die, get tips from a professional gardener in this free video on gardening.

Bring on the new bloom! You can renew a fading orchid by pruning in just the right place. The perfect snip can bring you weeks of new blooms. Take a look at our inside scoop on making your plant put on new color.

Pruning orchids is done by simply trimming back dead blooms right where the bloom meets the stem, as orchids can often shoot off more blooms from the same stem. Prune a moth orchid to encourage new growth withhelpful advice from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardens.Check out these articles for more info about orchids pruning and pruning Phalaenopsis orchid.

An expert walks through the steps of re-potting a phalaenopsis orchids, the type of pot and soil that should be used and where to cut the flower stem when re-blooming your flower.

All orchids’ roots perform 2 essential purposes, and in some orchids, they produce a third one.

• First they secure the flowers wherever they grow. Epiphytic orchids’ roots when attached around the bark of the tree they grow on, or to the clay container they grow in, are just about difficult for you to detach.

• The second function of orchids’ roots would be to deliver the flower with water and dissolved mineral salt. Terrestrial orchids’ roots are rather simple. They originate at the bottom of the stalk, they’re usually tiny, prolonged, fibrous as well as rarely branched. Sometimes, as in Paphiopedilums, they are densely haired (or tomentose) so that they can absorb moisture from the tinniest particles of growing medium.

Epiphytic orchids’ roots are usually complex, and for very good reason, as water source may be inconsistent, and this kind of water supply will most likely have limited

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