Orchid Plants
Orchids are beautiful delicate flowers that come in array of colors shapes and sizes.
Orchid plants. The ladys sandal orchid is a simple houseplant for the beginning orchid fanatic. Orchid any of nearly 1000 genera and more than 25000 species of attractively flowered plants distributed throughout the world especially in wet tropics. These plants prefer bright indirect light. You will find helpful tips if you are growing your first orchid under orchid care.
Orchids are all about learning and striving to grow our plants better. Place orchids in an east to south facing window or room. Orchids may look very delicate but in reality they are not that difficult to grow or keep alive. Orchidaceae is a member of asparagales an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants that also includes the asparagus and iris families.
Knowing how to care for an orchid can sometimes seem difficult. The aos video library and webinar sections contain how to topics and lectures by orchid experts and greenhouse chats with qas about orchid culture. Orchids require shallow planting. Even though there are so many different types of orchids.
For instance phalaenopsis orchids are usually grown in coarse bark cattleyas in medium bark and young orchid plants are best grown in fine bark. According to the world checklist of selected plant families there are approximately 26570 accepted orchid species. The determination of which family is larger is. Flowers range from happy yellow pink or white tones to moody burgundies browns and near black shades.
Along with the asteraceae they are one of the two largest families of flowering plantsthe orchidaceae have about 28000 currently accepted species distributed in about 763 genera. However you can follow some simple guidelines regardless. There are over 22000 species of orchids and care requirements may vary based on the type. Paphiopedlium orchid image source.