SIDENFADENIA MITRA ORCHID – GROWING IN HOME CONDITIONS

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Saidenfadeniya Mitrata (Seidenfadenia mitrata, son. Aerides mitrata) - orchid with unusual, hanging down leaves. Native to the rainforests of Burma and Thailand.

Part of the thick, the roots covered with velamen securely anchors the plant to the support, the other hangs down with an exotic "beard".

A young specimen blooms in the spring for about a month, adult - up to 3 once a year (less bright color in winter).

Saidenfaddenia thrives on block culture: the plant is fixed with a natural twine or thin fishing line on the bark of a cork tree or pine tree thick 2-3 cm. Growing in transparent pots is also possible, although the roots still try to grow in different directions. Large ones are suitable as a substrate. (fraction 3-5 cm) pieces of pine bark with the addition of birch charcoal.

SEIDENFADENIA CONDITIONS AND CARE

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Thermophilic plant, but tolerates moderate temperatures well (not less +10 city.).

Prefers bright, diffused light. If they don't light up in winter, then keep in cooler conditions and reduce watering.

The orchid grows best in high humidity.. Reduced is able to endure, however, the tips of the leaves will dry out.

IMPORTANT

I dry the substrate well between waterings..

To moisten a block or a pot with an orchid, I lower it into a container with warm, settled water. I pull out, when the mother-of-pearl roots turn green. I let the excess drain.

"Constrictions" on the roots - a consequence of uneven moisture. During the growth period, I add complex orchid fertilizer to the water for irrigation (0,5 d on 1 l), I feed once in 2 weeks, alternating with a weak tea-colored mullein solution.

Seidenfaddenia is sensitive to an overabundance of mineral mixtures.

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© Author: Tatiana SOLOVEY, r. Novosibirsk. Photo by the author