If you love plants and aim to grow them healthy and strong, there are a few tricks to follow to have a bountiful bloom and healthy leaves and roots. Specifically, you’ll explore how to make orchids bloom in the best way, a houseplant to grow in an apartment.

Orchid: This is the trick to abundant blooming and strong, shiny leaves

A trick to have healthy roots and flowers is undoubtedly to use lemon, a citrus fruit that is usually kept at home for its multiple uses, perfect for cleaning the leaves of orchids and above all useful to protect this plant from diseases. In fact, lemon has a disinfectant action and keeps away all insects and parasites that can attack the plant. In addition, it is rich in potassium and vitamin C, useful for making orchid leaves grow greener and brighter.

However, it is important to know that lemon juice should not be poured directly on the plant, because the citric acid it contains could damage it. The first thing you need to do is dilute the lemon juice with water.

1st Method

• 10 drops lemon juice
• 200ml water
• Cotton or cotton pads

Pour the lemon drops into a bowl containing water. The cotton disc is then soaked in the liquid, and after squeezing, it is passed over the leaves of the plant. The disc should be tightened to prevent the stem and leaves from absorbing excess water.

This procedure, which should be performed only once a week, protects the plant from insects such as mealybugs or thrips beetles.

2nd Method

• 200ml water
• 3 drops lemon juice

Lemon drops are added to the water and the mixture is poured into the pot once a month. It is also possible to pour the obtained liquid directly into the orchid dish, in this way it will be absorbed slowly. This procedure also serves to keep insects away from the plant.

With these 2 alternative tricks you have orchids with lush leaves and flowers.

Where to place the orchid at home for good flowering

But for a good flowering and growth of an orchid it is essential to know where to place it at home, since you will never be able to get it to bloom in a space where it does not receive a good number of hours of light. There are species such as Phalaenopsis that require less light to flower and others such as Cymbidium or Dendrobium that require many hours of light per day. Many times it is important to change location by trying a new place with more light or dim lighting. For orchids, the ideal place is undoubtedly a windowsill, calmly exposed to the sun’s rays.

However, there is one decisive factor in getting healthy and lush flowers: patience. The orchid is one of the most beautiful flowers in the plant world, but it is also one of the most capricious. So you have to dedicate a lot of time to it and take great care of it.