Orchid help!! I’m going to get my friend and orchid for ...
Orchid help!!
I’m going to get my friend and orchid for her birthday, but she isn’t really a great green thumb so I was going to write a care card for it as well.
I don’t know a single thing about orchids, so here I am!! What type of orchids are easiest to care for?? What are some things that are universal to orchids? What kind of resources would you guys recommend for more research?
Any help is appreciated, thank you!!
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I’m going to get my friend and orchid for her birthday, but she isn’t really a great green thumb so I was going to write a care card for it as well.
I don’t know a single thing about orchids, so here I am!! What type of orchids are easiest to care for?? What are some things that are universal to orchids? What kind of resources would you guys recommend for more research?
Any help is appreciated, thank you!!
#HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #PlantTherapy #OrchidLovers #gifts #giftedplant
7” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 months ago
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Hi. That's a very nice thing you are planning for your friend 😊 No time to write a long text, but miss orchid girl on youtube is a great resource imo. You (or your friend) could start anywhere on her extensive "orchid care for beginners" series. Or just focus on the basics. She has specific videos for all main genera, so you could just look up e.g the phalaenopsis care videos (which is the most common starter orchid).
Most orchids you can find in the shops are equally easy to care for. Some, like vandas which you can sometimes find in flower shops as well nowadays, have very high light requirements, however, so unless your friend can supply artificial light, I'm assuming that might not be a perfect fit with British skies. Same goes for most cattleyas, but those aren't that common in shops anyway. Everything else I'd say would be fair game. If you decide against phalaenopses, most others you will stumble across will probably belong to the oncidium family. Even if they are labeled differently (e.g. cambria, miltonia, brassia etc), those are just subgenera of the oncidium genus, so if you decide to look up care advice, you might want to look there.
Good luck, I hope you find a very special plant for your friend
Most orchids you can find in the shops are equally easy to care for. Some, like vandas which you can sometimes find in flower shops as well nowadays, have very high light requirements, however, so unless your friend can supply artificial light, I'm assuming that might not be a perfect fit with British skies. Same goes for most cattleyas, but those aren't that common in shops anyway. Everything else I'd say would be fair game. If you decide against phalaenopses, most others you will stumble across will probably belong to the oncidium family. Even if they are labeled differently (e.g. cambria, miltonia, brassia etc), those are just subgenera of the oncidium genus, so if you decide to look up care advice, you might want to look there.
Good luck, I hope you find a very special plant for your friend
@MusicalRedmint thank you so much!! I’ll have a look :)
