Today, no one doubts that black orchids exist. They can be bought at a store selling flowers and ornamental plants. For hundreds of years, breeders have sought to bring them, so many varieties of orchids have black marks on their petals. These include such well-known varieties as the Fly-fly Office or Dracula rezli. But passionate collectors seek to get the Ecuadorian beauty, the so-called vampire Dracula. Black orchids of this variety are wonderful! This flower with its appearance is fully consistent with the typical genre of mythical descriptions. True, today it is often sold in good nurseries.
Why is a vampire so attracted to Dracula?
Firstly, in a slightly frightening way that occurs while admiring a flower. Poets nicknamed the black orchids of this variety a "chimera." And it is fair! Because its petals black with red tips resemble the flowing blood on the clothes of a vampire.
Secondly, saturated color and elegantly shaped petals.
And thirdly, black orchids are amazingly fragile. The appearance of this wonderful flower mesmerizes, gives rise to charming fantasies and the desire to protect this crystal-looking and delicate beauty.
Reaching a height of thirty centimeters, this plant dissolves an inflorescence of 20 cm in length, which consists of several flowers. Each flower is very large. His appearance is quite ominous. The dimensions of one flower of a vampire Dracula are 3X2 cm. If favorable conditions are created for a plant, it can bloom without interruption all year round. Looking at this amazing beauty, many immediately ask the question: "How to grow orchids of this variety?"
In general, this will require a certain humidity, proper shading of the plant, a minimum room temperature of at least 10 degrees, turf, made from compost obtained from tree bark.
It is preferable to grow black orchids in a wicker basket with obligatory top dressing with liquid mixtures.
It is very difficult, but possible to tame the "black tropicana", which submits to people with great difficulty, is very difficult. To do this, having bought an orchid in a store, it is necessary, first of all, to examine the condition of the roots. The fact is that to give a presentation in a store, plants are often watered. Excess moisture for orchids is fatal. They adore humid air, but the swamp in the roots does not.
In order to control the condition of the roots, flower growers thought of planting them in transparent plastic containers with convenient openings for ventilating the substrate. Here the whole root is clearly visible. The substrate for a non-flowering plant is better to change. To do this, take the boiled pine bark or coconut peel and add a piece of
charcoal. If the root is injured during transplantation, then this place should be sprinkled with ground cinnamon or a crushed tablet of activated carbon.
A transplanted plant needs to be sprayed often and very rarely watered. Orchids cannot stand the direct sun, but they love it when they are surrounded by a light environment. Lack of light or direct sunlight equally affects it. And inexperienced gardeners take this for a lack of moisture. Thus, a plant dissatisfied with the situation dies from excessive watering.