http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/how-do-i-care-for-phalaenopsis-orchids Orchid Care Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/how-do-i-care-for-phalaenopsis-orchids/comment-page-1#comment-81 Sandyspacecase Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:49:14 +0000 http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/how-do-i-care-for-phalaenopsis-orchids#comment-81 HI, I have thirty two orchid plants, and haven't lost one yet. I really don't do to much to them except water them and put them in new pots when my husband knocks them off the windowsill. First you need to give then humidity,so put a shallow container of water,with some pebbles in it ,under the pot(don't let it set in the water). I water once a week by putting them in the sink an filling the water up to the rim of the flowerpot. Let them stay in there for fifteen minutes. I also feed them with Orchid food,but I dilute it,say 1/3 of what your actually supposed to use. That way I just water with it every time I water instead of trying to remember how many weeks goes by until I feed them again. Their Happy,I guess they are, they keep blooming. Oh, when the flowers fall off ,your supposed to cut the stalk just above where the first flower bloomed. Sometimes it grows more flowers from the same stalk, and water up to three times a week in the summer if it gets real hot outside. I keep mine in a east facing window. Bye HI, I have thirty two orchid plants, and haven't lost one yet. I really don't do to much to them except water them and put them in new pots when my husband knocks them off the windowsill. First you need to give then humidity,so put a shallow container of water,with some pebbles in it ,under the pot(don't let it set in the water). I water once a week by putting them in the sink an filling the water up to the rim of the flowerpot. Let them stay in there for fifteen minutes. I also feed them with Orchid food,but I dilute it,say 1/3 of what your actually supposed to use. That way I just water with it every time I water instead of trying to remember how many weeks goes by until I feed them again. Their Happy,I guess they are, they keep blooming. Oh, when the flowers fall off ,your supposed to cut the stalk just above where the first flower bloomed. Sometimes it grows more flowers from the same stalk, and water up to three times a week in the summer if it gets real hot outside. I keep mine in a east facing window. Bye

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