Easiest plants to keep in the house! Years ago a nursery place told me to put 2 TBSP of water on my orchids every 8 days

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Easiest plants to keep in the house! Years ago a nursery place told me to put 2 TBSP of water on my orchids every 8 days or when their 'soil' is dry, they do not like to be wet. Just put them in a non-drafty area and indirect sunlight. I keep them all over my home now and they last forever and re-bloom for me. I even pot them in my bigger pots and put several in the same pot. I LOVE to give them as flower arrangements for special occasions or birthdays!
I have luck with Kroger's orchids priced from 9.99 to 19.99 and IKEA's orchids 9.99 to 17.99.

Orchids in the Den

Orchids over the fireplace

easiest plants to keep in the house years ago a nursery place told me to put 2 tbsp, flowers, home decor, Orchids about to give me new blooms on kitchen table

Orchids about to give me new blooms on kitchen table

Orchid in the Kitchen

Orchids on the Foyer table

Orchids in the Living Room

Orchid on living room buffet

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Christie on Jan 06, 2017
These are beautiful. Do the limbs ever need to be cut back? Do the pots need drainage Holes? Thanks

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Marlene Perez on Feb 13, 2020

My orchid has 3 buds but how do you get them to grow straight up without breaking stem?

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Carrie Lonsdale on Jul 14, 2015
Ok I have orchids that never rebloom but the roots are crazily overgrowing and I only have green bottom leaves no blooms can you help?

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- Lyn Therese on Jul 17, 2015
  @Carrie Lonsdale Are you fertilizing your orchids? If not, try it. I have a fertilizer for just the green leaves and when it sprouts a flowering stem, I use a blooming fertilizer for the flowers. I leave the stems on for more flowers. You can cut them back but it's your choice. I like to see flowers and they bloom all year round. Good luck.
  
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- Eileen Proctor on Feb 18, 2016
  @Carrie Lonsdale These orchids very often only grow lots of leaves and no blooms if you over fertilize them!!, I don't fertilize mine when there are no blooms, and within a couple of months, they start to grow more flowering stems and I gradually start fertilizing them again. I always get 2 flowering periods within a year somtimes I've had blooms on a single plant for 6-8 months!
  
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Ignazio on Sep 05, 2016
I agree with the author. Phalaenopsis are very forgiving orchids. Every two or three weeks I run about a quart of water through the pot, and let it drain thoroughly. I always add heavily diluted orchid food to the water (about 1/8 the recommended mixture). As long as you do not force the plant to flower more than once in a given year, you should see blooms yearly. Enjoy!!!!!

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