Growing orchids on trees

The stunning vanda orchid is ideal for growing on trees. Learn why & how to easily attach & grow your own captivating vanda orchid on a tree.

Orchids (_Orchidaceae_) grow naturally throughout the United States, but epiphytic orchids -- which grow on trees -- are subtropical or tropical plants. Only trees in locations with warm winters can serve as hosts for epiphytic orchids.

Krystal Duran on Instagram: "Orchid are epiphytes. They grow on top of other plants and are not anchored in the soil. Epiphytes take up their nutrients from water, air, and debris around them. Living in Indiana, fall and winter temperatures get less than 55 degrees consistently which would prevent us from being able to anchor orchids or other plants to trees so this will just have to do. When choosing a board, choose one that is rot resistant. I used cork bark since it doesn’t rot but…

How do you transfer an orchid from sphagnum moss or bark into full water culture? First, you’ll need to chose the most appropriate time to do the transfer. Repotting an orchid during the wrong time can kill it, even more, changing its potting medium entirely. Second, you’ll need to verify the roots, cleaning out any old potting material. And finally, you’ll need to verify the correct method and water to use for full water culture. Let’s look at those step by step.

Do you toss out your orchid plants after they stop blooming indoors? In this post you'll learn how to grow orchids on trees, and it's not that difficult to

Raffaele Di Lallo on Instagram: "💁🏻‍♂️Some more orchid repotting tips! Clear pots are great for orchids (check out my “orchid pots” link in my profile for my amazon store where you can get various sizes). Clear pots are great to see the health of the orchid root system, and because they do perform some photosynthesize for the plant. In my greenhouse, I leave the pots exposed, but indoors in the house, I slip them in ceramic pots for aesthetic purposes. A great time to repot is after…

In South Florida, you can grow orchids attached to trees in your yard. Here is our guide to show you how to grow orchids on your trees.

My Orchid tree

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