Although you can buy an orchid for under $20 at nearly any neighborhood supermarket, this does not mean you will know how to keep the plant alive at home. Orchids can be fussy – or at least mysterious – in their demands.
Let’s reveal a few of the flowers’ secrets. Here are 10 things nobody tells you about orchids.
• The easiest orchid to grow is a Phalaenopsis.
• If you think it’s time to water your orchid, wait one more day.
• To get an orchid to re-bloom, trick it into thinking it’s in the tropics.
• You probably don’t need to put your orchid in a bigger pot.
• Your orchid will not be any happier in a special Swiss-cheese pot.
• An orchid will not grow in soil.
• It’s not OK to use ice cubes on orchids.
• An orchid’s flowers can last for many months.
• There are more than