This headline sounds like a true miracle, like the kind you see in enticing videos on social media. But let’s take a realistic look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No magic pill or specific remedy can make an orchid produce 100 new shoots and bloom continuously 365 days a year. Orchids need their natural dormancy cycle to bloom again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online recipes that promise this “trick” usually refer to one of the following three methods. Here’s a summary of what to put under an orchid and how it actually works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ice Cubes
The Myth: Placing an ice cube on the potting mix weekly will optimally water the orchid and encourage abundant blooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Reality: Ice prevents waterlogging (the most common cause of death for orchids), but these plants originate from the tropics. Prolonged exposure to ice water can damage the roots. A classic, lukewarm shower or soaking the pot in stale water once or twice a week is much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Garlic clove (or garlic water)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myth: Garlic stimulates the growth of dozens of new shoots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fact: Garlic contains sulfur and has strong antiseptic and antibacterial properties. It acts more as a preventative against fungi and pests and can slightly promote plant growth (as a weak stimulant). However, it certainly won’t cause an explosive growth of hundreds of shoots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banana peel (or a piece of yeast)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myth: Simply place a piece under the roots, and the orchid will be supplied with nutrients all year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fact: Banana peels are rich in potassium and phosphorus, elements that promote flowering. Yeast, on the other hand, contains B vitamins. However, if you add it raw directly to the flowerpot, it will begin to rot, mold, and attract flies. It’s much safer to make a weak infusion (fertilizer) from it, which you can use to water the orchid occasionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you want your orchid to thrive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of relying on “miracle cures,” it benefits most from the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The right light: Sufficient diffused light (ideally an east- or west-facing window). Without light, the orchid won’t bloom, even if you place something underneath it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Temperature difference: For the orchid to produce new shoots, it needs a slight drop in temperature at night for several weeks in autumn (about 3 to 5 \u00b0C lower than during the day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proper watering: Only water when the roots in the transparent pot turn gray. As long as they are green, there is still enough water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you want to save an orchid that won’t bloom, or are you simply looking for ways to keep the existing blooms fresh for as long as possible?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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