Phalaenopsis transplantation is not a very frequent event, and for gardeners with little experience it is also very exciting. It’s so scary for the first time to pull an orchid from the pot happily living there and transplant it! There are many questions about how to understand when it is time to transplant, how often it needs to be done, how to implement it, what kind of substrate and pot is needed, how to care for the plant in the future? Head is spinning. It is good that it is not so often necessary to transplant the Phalaenopsis orchid.
The transplant should have objective reasons, and a large number of roots crawling out of the pot is not a sufficient reason. Another thing is the decay or dying of the root system, as well as the case when the plant literally falls out of the pot. Also, a used substrate may become a reason for transplantation - a situation where pieces of the bark in which the orchid is located have collapsed into dust or are salted.
It is generally not recommended to transplant an orchid more often than once every 2-3 years. However, this is a very conditional period, the determining factor is still the state in which phalaenopsis is located. Transplantation should occur at a time when the plant does not bloom and does not bloom. In extreme cases requiring urgent measures, such as the beginning process of root decay, it is better to cut the flower stalk so that the plant has the strength to make up for the lost root system.
So, the plant must be carefully removed from the pot, cut off all dead or rotten roots, and sprinkle the slices with cinnamon, charcoal or treated with green, you can also use fungicide. If you cut a lot, you can hold the plant for several hours without a pot.
If the plant needs resuscitation, you can put it in a greenhouse on wet moss. In this case, it is necessary to process the flower from time to time with preparations that prevent decay.
In less extreme situations, you need to choose a pot and substrate. For phalaenopsis, you should take a transparent pot, and it should not be too loose, even better if the flower is a little crowded. Free space must be filled with a substrate - pieces of bark, moss and
coal, because it is in such a soil mixture that phalaenopsis is traditionally grown.
Transplantation, care and further cultivation of orchids is not a very difficult task. The main thing is to choose the right time, and then withstand the period without watering. After 3-4 days, the plant can begin to be watered in the same mode, especially if it has retained a large number of roots. It is best to carry out a similar procedure in the spring, before the time of active growth and flowering.
Further care for the orchid is no different from the usual. The watering and feeding regimen remains the same. Flowering plant of the genus Phalaenopsis, the transplant of which
planned in the near future, it is recommended to interrupt, because the plant will lose many roots. Even in the case of a more or less painless relocation (transshipment), the plant can lose flowers and buds. However, it is likely that it will grow a new peduncle in the very near future, since frequent and prolonged flowering is characteristic of
phalaenopsis orchids.The transplant is not as scary as it seems. Therefore, if the plant clearly needs it, take it carefully, but decisively.