{"id":4709,"date":"2017-02-28T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4709"},"modified":"2017-02-23T09:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T09:10:40","slug":"many-moth-orchid-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/many-moth-orchid-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"More Phalaenopsis Moth Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is easier to call a Phalaenopsis by its common name of Moth Orchid<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2613\/3885062382_c46972d018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This moth orchid (called Phalaenopsis) is blooming for a second time this year and the last blossom lasted over 5 months. On one arching stem there are 12 flowerheads and one unopened bud but there is also 4 other stems at different stages of flower production and at least 25\u00c2\u00a0 2\u00c2\u00bd&#8221; diameter flowers are currently on display. This floriferousness may be due to a happy accident after the first (and only) stem flowered I followed received wisdom. I trimmed off the spike to around 1 inch above the first node on the spike stem, somewhere below where the first flower had appeared, near a little bump. The stem regrew but horizontally and I wanted to tie it up a cane. Being too vigorous I broke the new flowering stem but all the new ones have turned up at the funeral so to speak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1842466291\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1842466291.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a title=\"Orchids by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6165255679\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6152\/6165255679_520594536f.jpg\" alt=\"Orchids\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Moth Orchid Growing Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li>A moderately bright windowsill will help your Phalaenopsis to reflower and the flowers can last several months. Start with a plant that has lots of buds.<\/li>\n<li>Do not be afraid to cut off flower stalks to get new growth as blossom dies.<\/li>\n<li>Moth orchids prefer dappled light sun burns and turns leaves yellow.<\/li>\n<li>Watering when it begins to dry out, about 10 days. Do not use cold water or allow water to stand on leaves or\u00c2\u00a0 roots to be water logged.<\/li>\n<li>Use high potash fertiliser or fertilizer made for orchids and keep temperatures above 58 F.<\/li>\n<li>Repotting when the bloom is finished with fresh orchid mix but do not be in a hurry with mature orchids<\/li>\n<li>I give my Orchids regular neglect and they seem OK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Orchid by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6990578858\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8167\/6990578858_bdbf105e04.jpg\" alt=\"Orchid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phalaenopsis Roots<\/strong><br \/>\nRoots are more important than leaves for the health of your Orchid.<br \/>\nA good orchid requires a strong root system.<br \/>\nGood roots need access to air, in the wild the plants are Ephites that hang from trees. Give roots a very open orchid growing medium. I add coarse bark.<br \/>\nYounger Phalaenopsis typically thrive on repotting as it stimulates root growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Orchid compost is available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Doutdoor&amp;field-keywords=orchid+compost=20=richardpettin-21&amp;index=blended&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is easier to call a Phalaenopsis by its common name of Moth Orchid This moth orchid (called Phalaenopsis) is blooming for a second time this year and the last blossom lasted over 5 months. On one arching stem there are 12 flowerheads and one unopened bud but there is also 4 other stems at different stages of flower production and at least 25\u00c2\u00a0 2\u00c2\u00bd&#8221; diameter flowers are currently on display. This floriferousness may be due to a happy accident&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/many-moth-orchid-flowers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,45,233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-house-greenhouse-plants","category-growing-easy-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}