Read This First Before Bringing Home Your New Orchids!
Everyone would agree that once an orchid has been purchased, it has to be brought home - because a thing of beauty, such as the orchid, offers instant gratification to its new owner.
However, there are some things that you should remember to make sure that your new orchid's trip home is safe. Otherwise, you might end up with a severely shocked plant with fallen buds and leaves.
First off, avoid buying orchids that are already in full bloom (with all of the pseudo bulbs already open and blossoming). The problem with such orchids is that generally, orchids that are in their blooming state do not like being transported at all. So there is a big chance that the orchid will experience instant shock when it is removed from the green house.
After bringing home your new orchid, you can keep it in the safety of your home without re-potting for just one week. Do not keep your new orchid in its original packaging (wet moss + plastic pot) longer than this could spell problems for your orchid. The moss is used by orchid growers to keep the roots wet for delivery and your orchid should be taken out of that environment as soon as possible.Over watering an orchid plant will kill it. I have drowned very expensive Bonsai trees and orchids by over watering them.
While you are the store you should get new re-potting wood bark and fertilizer for the type of orchid that you bought.You are really buying insurance for your investment. The first season you re-pot the orchids will not need fertilizer because the new wood bark comes with fertilizer already in them. The watering will eventually will wash away the fertilizer from the wood bark and it needs to be replace if you want them flower again in the next growing season.
Orchid plants love humidity but not living in wet moos or standing in water. The wet moos causes all kinds of problems for orchid plants, such as root rot and deceases that will kill your plant. Also do not place your orchid in a sunless part of your home for more than a week as this could weaken the plant considerably.
If you see some buds falling off during the trip home or a few days after you have brought home a new orchid, don't worry. This is normal and all orchids experience some degree of transport shock during the trip home.
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