Caring for orchids

I used to like orchids as an element of decor. However, two years ago my attitude towards these plants changed: I had a chance to visit the Israeli Kibbutz "Utopia". Utopic vegetable paradise there really became a reality. And the main in this paradise were orchids. Such a rosy of stocking varieties to me one exhibition was not seen.
And I understood: if you surround orchids with moisture, light, warmth and love, they will not be just an element of the decor, but will be able to become the main source of beauty, eclipsed by all interior tricks. And I tried to make an orchid utopia reality in my apartment.
When the first phalaenopsis - an orchid hybrid, created specifically for cultivation in room conditions, was in my hands, carefully examined every petal, all the complex architecture of his "Rozhkin", "Warms", "legs" ... and gave to understand the plant, as admired by his beauty Lucky Nuu then scrupulously appreciated the condition of flowers, floweros, leaves, roots.
Flowers.
On some gentle petals, black points noticed - it means that the flower was moistened to the sprayer in the greenhouse, and the water fell on the petals. It is impossible to do this. It is necessary to moisturize the air in such a way that the water falls only on the leaves and roots. And on the leaves, too, there should be no droplets. If you remain, they are carefully removed with a soft napkin.
Leaves.
Four sheets of my phalaenopsis looked juicy, elastic and bright green. However, dust and moisture accumulated in the middle itself. They deleted them.
Roots.
Those that were clearly disgusted and sticking out of the pot, immediately cut off. Carefully examined the roots through the transparent pot and saw that the midges were crawling among them. And on the walls of the plastic pot began to form moss. I decided not to postpone with salvation and immediately, carefully released the roots of the plant from the pot, washed them with estate water and gently put in a fresh mixture of pine bark (especially for orchids) and in a new clean transparent pot. The air roots that did not fit in the Vazon briefly covered with a wet cloth.
Coloros.
On the flowers it is necessary to pay attention when choosing a phalaenopsis - I chose the one on which there were many buds and "sleeping" kidneys.
For those two or three months of beauty that my first blooming phalaenopsis gave me, I was so accustomed to this plant that when the flowers were faltered, it seemed to me that the room was empty and uncomfortable. And I bought a new blooming phalaenopsis. But also to forget about that by flashing that so long gave me joy, I can not. Therefore, he studied all possible ways to revive his flowering.
Bathing.
I "BUY" the flooded plant as well as flowering, - once a week half an hour I lower the vase with a flower into a container with water in such a way that the water rose to the edge of the pot
Light.
Now, in the winter time, yes, when the day day became so short, he suffered a phalaenopsy to the southern window, to the part where there was no central heating battery, and arranged them extra lighting of the daylight lamp. I try to have a light day of orchid to be at least 12 hours a day. I come from work when it is already dark, I greet my pets and immediately turn on it "Sunny".
I support the humidity constantly - then carefully, without creating a draft, I will open the window to let the "fog", then I envelop the moisture cloud from the pulverizer, then turn on the artificial fountain to rows.
But it seems to me that, nevertheless, the main condition for long-term flowering of phalaenopsis in the apartment is a communion with him, which should not be verbal. Sometimes I feel silently in a flower, and I know that the plant feels it.
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