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Making sure your orchid gets the right amount of water means walking the fine line between enough and too much. Falling on either side of that line can cause significant health damage for your orchid. Overwatering and underwatering orchids show many of the same symptoms because the effect of both …

Orchids shouldn’t be watered just like the other plants! It’s well known that in their natural environment these flowers grow on the bark of the trees, and not on the ground. That’s why the substrate in which orchids grow is made of bark, which accumulates water in small proportions and …

Many people believe that orchids should be watered a few times a week, since they come from tropical forests. Unfortunately, such treatment will kill very soon the plant’s roots. The general watering rule Orchids grown in pots are watered once every 5 to 12 days, depending on the type of …