Orchids,no more difficult than rearing a child (Orchids)

Member Name: wendyhelen

Product:	Orchids
Date:	15/07/01 (147 review reads)
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Advantages: long flowering period, years between repotting, the novelty factor

Disadvantages: only if you buy the wrong sort

Orchids only for the rich,!!! I dont think so,several are very easy to grow.

As with children they need good light protect from too much sun,cool nights are good,keep water'd in summer & stand outside during the summer & feed only during the summer.As children need feeding all year round I suppose this makes the Orchid easier to raise & certainly a lot cheaper...

The easy types are Cattleya the Corsage Orchid,, the Sipper Orchid, though to me this is quite ugly its the one we all know & then there is the Coelogyne very beautiful & good for beginners.

All well worth a try, I find that far from being a problem they get quite big & robust, thats when i get fed up & give them away which is a shame because theyre easy to divide & repot,

That has to be done when the roots are comming out of the pot & can be years between the repotting. The soil for doing that is specialised but easy to get from any garden centre.But doesnt cost a lot especially when you think its only about every 4 or 5 years.

The cost in my garden centre is around £20 unless theres a sale on.considering the years they can live for & the novelty & pride in saying you grow Orchids its money well spent.

I dont know of another plant that flowers for so long its seems to go one for about 3 months though that could be my rose tinted glasses.

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