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A genus of flowering plants from India and other regions of Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia. Wanda received wide popularity of the orchid in the nineteenth century, when the first specimens appeared in European greenhouses.
Today, orchids of this genus are among the most sought-after among indoor-culture lovers. Explain the popularity of vandy easy. Plants that are up to one meter high and have long linear leaves and racemes are quite unpretentious and can bloom several times a year. In the inflorescence, preserving decorativeness up to 50 days, there are from 10 to 20 flowers. Corollas of orchids, depending on the type and variety can be painted in a variety of colors, but the most valuable are considered blue Wanda. This is an extremely rare color for orchid plants and is transmitted when crossed, which is actively used in plant breeding.
Another feature of the Vanda orchid is its powerful roots, sometimes growing to 1.5–2 meters. It is with the help of gray-and-waxy rhizome-covered epiphytic species that the nutrition necessary for growth and flowering is obtained.
Wanda Orchid Care
Like all orchids from tropical regions, Wanda is not too comfortable in the room and needs to create conditions as close as possible to the natural ones. Read also about the Phalaenopsis orchid!
How to grow an orchid in indoor conditions? What should be considered in the care and maintenance of the guest from the distant Indian tropics?
The best place for such a plant is a greenhouse, but not all gardeners have the opportunity to please the southern beauty.
Therefore, when caring for Wanda orchid at home, it is considered that the plant:
- does not have a long rest period;
- receives most of the power not from the ground, but from the atmosphere;
- needs to maintain a temperature in the range of 20–25 ° C with a decrease in the background at night;
- grows well and blooms with high humidity;
- does not like air stagnation, but at the same time it is afraid of drafts;
- likes to spend 12–14 hours a day under the scattered rays of the sun.
If, during the care of the Vanda orchid, the temperature regime is not observed or the flower is allowed to remain in dry air, the plant inevitably weakens, the shoots become thinner, the foliage turns yellow, and if it comes, flowering does not please with pomp.
It is especially important to maintain a humidity of 60–80% and the required duration of daylight in the winter. To do this, use household humidifiers, regular irrigation of greenery and root system, as well as artificial illumination of plants.
Because, due to the branched strong roots, this type of orchid at home is most often grown without a pot, but in a basket or on a block, irrigation is an important part of Vanda orchid care. The water temperature for such spraying and irrigation, if the flower is placed in a glass jar, should be several degrees warmer than the surrounding air.
Copies that are in high transparent vases are watered regularly. For this, cleared of salts and other harmful compounds to the flower, water is poured into a container with an orchid so as to moisten the roots. After 20 minutes, the excess water must be drained.
This time is enough for:
- a plant to get enough moisture;
- locally increase air humidity;
- protect the roots from rotting with prolonged contact with water.
In the period of active growth, warm souls are included in the care of Vanda orchid, which is spent in the morning hours, so that after the procedure the leaves and the surface of the roots have time to dry out.
In winter, the plant needs less moisture, and during the formation of peduncles and bud opening, on the contrary, the need for moisture increases sharply.
Transplanting and caring for an orchid Wanda
Since this variety does not have a need for a substrate, orchid transplantation is not needed, but care for the root system of the florist is not avoidable.
Roots should be regularly inspected, removed dried or damaged areas, make sure that no foci of fungi or spread of fungal infections appear.
At home, Wanda Orchid is planted in baskets, trellised containers, or large pieces of bark and moss are used to fix the flower. To further strengthen the plant in the selected container and seal the voids, use wire, steamed bark, charcoal and well dried sphagnum.
When transferring a plant from one container to another, it is important to take the root system very carefully. After transplanting an orchid in the care of it is useful to include foliar feeding complex specialized composition. Usually such procedures for the Wanda orchid are carried out weekly, using a weak solution of fertilizers.
Orchid reproduction and care for young plants.
. New orchid plants can be obtained by sifting off from the maternal specimen the daughter rosettes formed at the base of an adult flower.
Separate young plants from a large bush only when they have their own roots. All slices during vegetative reproduction of orchids and care for them must be treated with cinnamon powder or crushed activated charcoal. First, the sockets are planted in shallow baskets with a mixture of charcoal, pieces of bark and sphagnum and put containers in a greenhouse. There, young Wanda grows and actively forms roots, until the height of the stem reaches 15-18 cm. Now the plant is ready to decorate the room with lush inflorescences.
