Commercial Floriculture

Where to grow

• Orchids should be grown in suitable containers according to their habitat.
• If it is grown indoor needs some additional heat, this can be most conveniently supplied by heat boards or propagating beds.
• Provided the root area is kept warm, heating the whole growing area is not required; quite often there is enough radiant heat for the remainder of the plant.
• Inside most houses, the humidity is lower than most orchids appreciate.
• This can be increased by growing the plants on a tray of gravel with water kept to a level just below the surface of the gravel.
• Plants in pots standing on the gravel will benefit from the rising humidity.
• In warmer regions, if the plants grow outside, an area below the outer branches of a tree will often be satisfactory. Place the pots on a small bench or bricks to allow free circulation of air, yet prevent insects entering the pots.
• Most of the terrestrial orchids can be grown in soil or pots but most of the erect and epiphytic ones can be hung in baskets down the roof.
• They can also be arranged on the wooden logs or green fern and tied to the tree trunks if you have them in your compound.
• Trees in the garden form a natural Orchidarum.

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