What effect does excessive ventilation have on orchids?

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Excessive ventilation causes orchid leaves to become scorched

Excessive ventilation causes orchid leaf damage

Excessive ventilation causes orchids to have empty roots

Excessive ventilation causes orchid obesity

Many orchid friends have looked up from the Internet and the first point of raising orchids is ventilation. Ventilation is good, but excessive ventilation will affect the growth of orchids. Let’s learn about the effects of excessive ventilation on orchids!

Excessive ventilation leads to scorched orchid leaves

The suitable humidity for the growth of orchids is 50~80%. Generally speaking, as the air circulation increases, the water loss in the small environment will increase. Speed up and the humidity will drop quickly. Generally, the indoor temperature is higher and lower, and the air humidity above will be smaller. The respiration of the leaf tips of orchid leaves is strong, and water tips will appear because of insufficient water.

Excessive ventilation causes damage to orchid leaves

As the saying goes, the spring breeze in February is like scissors. The orchid leaves sway violently in the strong wind. The orchid leaves rub against each other and may be broken. After breaking, bacteria in the air enter the orchid plant, and the entire orchid carries germs and bacteria. Over time, the orchid will suffer from leaf damage, black spots, and breakage, to soft rot and stem rot.

Don’t underestimate that small wound, it can be fatal at first.

Excessive ventilation leads to hollow roots of orchids

The orchid leaves lose water, and the roots and bulbs transport water upwards. The roots will quickly absorb the water in the soil, causing the soil to dry out. This change takes a very short time. If you do not water in time, or follow the instructions If you water in the previous way, the roots will be damaged, resulting in empty roots.

Ventilation and watering are like two couples. If one is too strong, they will quarrel. If there is disharmony, a well-ventilated environment can be watered more. Empty roots are because the small environment around the roots is not suitable. Even if it is wet, the roots will be empty, which is not directly related to ventilation. If it is not watered for 1 month in a closed environment, the roots will be empty.

Excessive ventilation leads to orchid obesity

With normal fertilization, orchids absorb and digest it for a long time, and the fertility in the soil will decrease. However, due to excessive ventilation and excessive drying of the pot soil, the roots of the orchid have no time to absorb nutrients. The reduction of water content causes the concentration of nutrients in the soil to rise, exceeding the range that the orchid can bear, resulting in fertilizer damage, and in severe cases, black roots and root rot will occur.

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