Here
is just an example of Part 5a of the 12 Part mini
course on “Insider’s Secrets on Growing and Caring
for
Orchids Like a Pro”.
Orchid Rebloom
While
different orchid
growers enjoy different parts of the
orchid-growing challenge, for most it is the orchid bloom that provides
the
reward. Although some of the very popular “easy”
orchids
bloom under typical
household conditions, most orchids are not so straightforward. The
appearance
of the orchid flower is confirmation to the grower that they have done
everything
right, and is all the more satisfying for the problems they had to
overcome in
getting there.
New
orchid enthusiasts may
be shielded from this challenge
for a while, as their first plants are likely to be purchased as they
are
beginning to bloom – indeed it was probably the appearance of
those blooms that
helped them choose their first orchid plant to take home.
But
after that first series
of blooms has died back, what
next?
In
the orchid’s natural life cycle,
flowering would
typically be followed by a period of dormancy – a rest period
during which the
plant will at least stop growing but may even reduce in size as parts
“die
off”. This allows the orchid to weather what would have been
an
inhospitable
climate in its natural habitat and then come back refreshed for a new
growth
and blooming cycle.
Understandably,
having gone
to so much trouble to bring
their orchids to bloom, some growers are not satisfied to sit back and
wait for
another year before they can enjoy the blooms again, so they have
developed
techniques to get orchids to flower more than once per cycle
– to
“rebloom”.
So
how do you get your
orchids to rebloom?
As
with most things
orchid-related, the exact approach to
getting orchids to rebloom does vary from genus to genus, but there are
a few
techniques that are widely used.
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