# How to Care for an Orchid

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## Are you new in the orchid world? No worries.

They are easy to grow just take some time and learn about them. They are not grow in the dirt rather choose to grow in bark of trees, on Rocky Mountains and loamy soil in the jungle.

Orchids have long-lasting bloom and very beautiful plants in crisp colors like white, pink, hues, magenta, yellow and purple. Orchid aka Orchidaceae, symbolize love and fertility.

## How to care for an orchard?

They have a different process from traditional plant growth. You can say it is not that difficult. With good care, they can bloom for months in a year. Definitely they can live and have excellent value. You can grow varieties of orchid just need to know some basic requirements and knowledge.  
There are over 800 different types and 20000 above species. Most are epiphytes or “air plants”, grow in trees, and remains are terrestrials grow in loamy soil in the jungle.

### Below are some tips for caring orchid:

1. Growth Environment
2. How to water them?
3. How to care after they b loom?
4. How long does an orchid live?

Let’s discuss them one by one.

## 1. Growth Environment

In the jungle, the orchid plant hangs from the tree and gets food from organic matters or animals droppings, and absorb water from the air. It stores a huge amount of water for the dry season. This is the natural grown of orchid.  
If you plant it in the pot, you should do a proper potting, soil base, watering, and lightening.

### • Potting

1. The pot should have plenty of drainages.
2. Drainage hole at the bottom to drain excess water.
3. If your pot has not any hole, then re-pot it.

### • Lightening Requirements

1. It needs a lot of light but not direct.
2. Place it in a window with an east to south directions.
3. If the west window, then put sheer curtains on the window because very strong sunlight comes.
4. If in the north window, then it does not find enough sun-light.

### • Temperature Required

1. It needs a lightening of 16- 20 degrees Celsius.
2. A moderate temperature with little air circulation required for orchids

## 2. How to water them?

Don’t overwatering you orchids, first check it moisturizer by putting some fingers in the soil and if you feel moisturizer then don’t water. If it doesn’t then water them. If you live in an air-conditioned environment and humidity is below 40 then you should do water spray daily.

## 3. How to care after they bloom?

### • Fertilize

Fertilizer is important for good growth of orchids. You should follow balanced house plant fertilizer variety and instructions to feed your plant.

### • Prune

Orchids need to be prune because at the old stem, orchids not bloom.

If you do proper care of them, they live for decades its life periods comes with 3 phase initially bloom, after that a dominant period and then reblooms.

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