How to care for dancing orchids

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1. Maintenance methods

2. Reproduction skills

3. Pest and disease control

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To raise orchids, you need to provide them with a scattered light environment and keep the temperature at about 18-25°C to avoid damage to them from high or low temperatures. The environment should be kept dry, as it is easy to breed bacteria if it is too humid. Fertilizer can be applied 2-3 times a month, mainly liquid fertilizer. Propagation is mostly done by division method, usually in spring or autumn. If you encounter pests and diseases, you need to remove the pests and diseased leaves, and spray carbendazim, omethoate, etc. for control.

1. Maintenance methods

1. Maintenance methods

1. Light: Dancing orchids are very sensitive to light. Strong light can burn plants, cause leaves to turn yellow, and even cause anthracnose. Lack of light will cause photosynthesis to decrease, causing the leaves to become elongated. It needs to be placed in a semi-shady place to receive a certain amount of scattered light. In winter, it can be placed in a sunny place to receive light, but it should not be too long.

2. Temperature: The suitable temperature for the growth of dancing orchid is between 18-25℃. Both high and low temperatures are detrimental to its growth. When the temperature is below 10°C, plants may be frostbitten. In high-temperature environments, proper ventilation is required, and attention must be paid to cooling down, otherwise it will cause bud drop.

3. Watering: Dancing orchid prefers a dry environment . Water after the soil surface is dry to prevent the pot soil from becoming too damp for a long time and breed various bacteria. During the peak growing season, watering can be increased appropriately, once a day in the morning and evening, and watering can be reduced in winter.

4. Fertilization: Liquid fertilizer can be applied to Dancing Orchid 2-3 times a month to promote its growth. However, it is not advisable to fertilize after the flower stems are extracted until the end of the flowering period. Do not fertilize during low temperatures in winter to avoid fertilizer accumulation and burning of new roots in spring.

2. Reproduction Skills

Dancing Orchids are generally propagated by division. It is usually done in spring or autumn. Cut off the sub-plants with pseudobulbs and plant them in pots with sphagnum moss, and keep the humidity high.

3. Pest and disease control

1 , Diseases: Common diseases include leaf spot and soft rot, which can be controlled with carbendazim or thiophanate-methyl solution.

2. Pests: The main pests include snails, scale insects, whiteflies, etc. You can spread lime around and spray omethoate solution for control.

2. Reproduction skills

3. Pest and disease control

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