OrchidBoard.com en-us http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery Sun, 24 Nov 2024 12:35:19 -0800 PhotoPost Pro 7.0 60 How to Water and Feed your Cymbidium Orchids 5 http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29016&title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-5&cat=1547 <a href="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29016&amp;title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-5&amp;cat=1547&quot;=&gt;=&lt;img= title="photo54.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/1547/thumbs/photo54.jpg" alt="photo54.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: val_and_graham<br /><br />Description: ....... to disperse excess water. Make sure there is a gap between the bottom of the pot and the ground to allow excess water to fully drain away. val_and_graham Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:06:44 -0700 How to Water and Feed your Cymbidium Orchids 4 http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29015&title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-4&cat=1547 <a href="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29015&amp;title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-4&amp;cat=1547&quot;=&gt;=&lt;img= title="photo44.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/1547/thumbs/photo44.jpg" alt="photo44.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: val_and_graham<br /><br />Description: Ensure your large pot has plenty of drainage holes...... val_and_graham Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:06:44 -0700 How to Water and Feed your Cymbidium Orchids 3 http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29014&title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-3&cat=1547 <a href="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29014&amp;title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-3&amp;cat=1547&quot;=&gt;=&lt;img= title="photo34.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/1547/thumbs/photo34.jpg" alt="photo34.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: val_and_graham<br /><br />Description: Cymbidiums need more water than most other types of orchids. Compost should be moist, not wet. val_and_graham Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:06:43 -0700 How to Water and Feed your Cymbidium Orchids 2 http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29013&title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-2&cat=1547 <a href="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29013&amp;title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-2&amp;cat=1547&quot;=&gt;=&lt;img= title="photo23.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/1547/thumbs/photo23.jpg" alt="photo23.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: val_and_graham<br /><br />Description: We have achieved great results by using tomato fertilizer from mid-summer to early spring in place of an orchid fertilizer. It's high in phosphate and potash, and low in nitrogen. val_and_graham Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:06:43 -0700 How to Water and Feed your Cymbidium Orchids 1 http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29012&title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-1&cat=1547 <a href="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29012&amp;title=how-to-water-and-feed-your-cymbidium-orchids-1&amp;cat=1547&quot;=&gt;=&lt;img= title="photo13.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.orchidboard.com/community/gallery/data/1547/thumbs/photo13.jpg" alt="photo13.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: val_and_graham<br /><br />Description: Cymbidiums may need watering every day in the hot summer months. In the winter, water them about every 10 days. Always water in the morning as this will allow the compost time to drain before the colder night temperatures. Feed on alternate waterings throughout the year, but use an orchid fertilizer with a high Nitrogen content in spring and early summer to promote good leaf growth. From mid summer, change to a fertilizer with higher Phosphates &amp; Potash, but lower Nitrogen content. This change will promote flowering. Continue with this fertilizer until the following spring. val_and_graham Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:06:43 -0700