These are guidelines for your orchids, but as with any living organism you are the best judge to know what your plant needs and when it needs it. Orchids are beautiful and easy to grow (despite the Urban Myth), most of them flower once a year and when they do, it could last for up to 2 months (each specie/plant has a different time frame) Intermediate Level (Page 1) Anguloa (the 'Tulip Orchid') Andean South American Light: Moderate, 50% shade Water: Moderately seasonal. Feed: Every 2 weeks during the summer, none during the winter. Only use UREA-free fertilizers. Make sure the plant is well-watered beforehand, as application of fertilizer to a dry plant can burn the plant. Soil: Bark base or sphagnum base mix. Open pots (net pots for greenhouses and plastic pots for inside house) Temperature: 58-80 F (15-29 C) Flowering time: Spring to Fall Angraecum ('Darwin's Orchid', 'Comet orchid') Africa/Madagascar Fragrant at night Light: Brigth light, NOT FULL SUN, keep out of direct sunlight Water: Slightly seasonal. Feed: Every 2 weeks during the summer, every 4 weeks during the winter. Only use UREA-free fertilizers. Make sure the plant is well-watered beforehand, as application of fertilizer to a dry plant can burn the plant. Soil: Bark base or sphagnum base mix Temperature: Warm intermediate Flowering times varies Catasetum Central to South America Light: Abundant Light. This is dimorphic plant. More light will produce a female plant, less light will produce a male plant. Water: Strongly seasonal. 40 to 60% humidity. Feed: This is a heavy feeder plant. Every week with half strength balanced liquid fertilizer (weekly weakly) during the summer; none during the winter. Only use UREA-free fertilizers. Make sure the plant is well-watered beforehand,as application of fertilizer to a dry plant can burn the plant. Soil: Bark or Sphagnum moss base Temperature: 60-85 F (15-29 C), if you are comfortable your orchid is comfortable Cymbidium Light: Abundant Light Water: Keep Moist, but not wet. Mist in hot weather. 50 to 60% humidity. Feed: Every week with half strength balanced liquid fertilizer (weekly weakly). Only use UREA-free fertilizers. Make sure the plant is well-watered beforehand, as application of fertilizer to a dry plant can burn the plant. Soil: Medium grade fir bark with peat moss and perlite Temperature: Strongly seasonal Beginner Level Cattleya Dendrobium Paphiopedilum Phalaenopsis Intermediate Level Anguloa Angraecum Catasetum Cymbidium Laelia Lycaste Masdevallia Miltonia and Miltoniopsis Odontoglossum Oncidium Phragmipedium Stanhopea Vanda
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