Reply to novistony. This advice does not sound correct. Clearly this non-specific plant labels are always misleading, as they simply allow the grower to use the same label for all their orchids. Wouldn't it have been more helpful to actually use a label that included the real name of your orchid as well as full cultural information.
Without knowing what type of orchid you actually have I can't offer specific information, so check on the internet. Perhaps it is a phalaenopsis, or Moth Orchid, in which case I've kept one going on my windowsill for at least 6 years, and it has flowered every year.
I would like to grow an orchid in a hanging basket in my bathroom but can't seem to find any information or any for sale although I have researched on the internet. Is it possible to plant up a phalaenopsis in a basket and rather than supporting the blooms in an upright fashion allow them to hand down?
Yes Georgina, I'm sure you could develop something like this. Firstly, remember that moth orchids grow in a very open bark-based compost. Plants you buy are usually (though not always) grown in a clear plastic pot that allows light to reach their roots. If planting into a small basket then do use an orchid compost and NOT normal potting compost.
Flower stems will find their own space. Commercial growers tend to train and fix them to upright canes, but if you just leave them to form they tend to bend towards the light, moving sideways, and hanging more as flowers develop.
I love orchids the flowers of the phalaenopsis are just great thy are just like wax I would like to have a green house full of them if I could aford it.
I always thought that orcids had to be sprayed lightly each day with a fine mist, but no-one mentions this. I am scared that if I don't get the watering and light-position right, then my moth orchid will die. Are they quite tough, then?
My white moth orchid, Ghost Town, seems to be very tough, and just keeps on flowering. I bought it in the Spring and keep it on my east-facing kitchen windowsill. It's beautiful!
like grannyanne I have 2 white orchids, bought last october, as I was fed up continually buyng cut flowers. Including 2 pots to put them in, they cam to 19.96 altogether, and have flowered non stop. at This moment the 2 have 36 flowers, the most has been 44. Mine is on a table in a west facing room, but not in direct sunlight. They seem to like it there.
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Without knowing what type of orchid you actually have I can't offer specific information, so check on the internet. Perhaps it is a phalaenopsis, or Moth Orchid, in which case I've kept one going on my windowsill for at least 6 years, and it has flowered every year.
Flower stems will find their own space. Commercial growers tend to train and fix them to upright canes, but if you just leave them to form they tend to bend towards the light, moving sideways, and hanging more as flowers develop.
Let us all know how you get on.