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Special shade structures
December 8th, 2009 by admin
It’s recommended that you fertilize them weekly with a dilute solution of 20-20-20 fertilizer, then switch to a blossom-booster fertilizer in the fall to assist flower bud initiation. Fortunately orchids are relatively low-maintenance plants. Ants invaded several of my pots one year and set up housekeeping in the bark ; last year rodents nibbled off all the leaves of a phalaenopsis ; plants sitting directly on the ground are prime spots for slugs to take up residence. Just remember to consider what type of pests you may be inviting into your orchid delivery service plants. We built a special shade structure for our plants to live in the backyard from about May to September, but hanging orchids from the lower branches of mature trees with sparse foliage or placing the plants Photo of Laelia anceps on the ground under trees with denser foliage may work well, too.