VANILLA ORCHID
Product Description:
Ships free! Available for a limited time: order by May 26th or while supplies last. The plants will ship in order received by early June in 4” pots. Available only within the contiguous US.
Customer Reviews
I received a very healthy, happy little plant!
I recieved the vanilla orchid fast, it was very healthy upon arrival and was easy to unbox. The instructions were very helpful. I have an area that other orchids love, and the vanilla orchid loves it too. Only suggestion is that I would provide instructions that they like to climb, as I had to get a little branch from my backyard and set it into the pot I have it in. It’s growing, and very healthy. Ive been watering it with pre-boiled and cooled off water since I dont buy distilled. Seems to be doing fine. I mist it every few days. I hope it will bloom one day!
Healthy upon delivery, I am training them around a wire. I keep in a mesh pot so I can soak them when they are dry. I hope I get flowers and vanilla pods.
Both mine arrived with bugs and eventually died
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Initial Instructions
After unpacking settle your plant in its new habitat and give it a light warm misting to freshen its foliage and aerial roots.
Cultivation
Give this plant high humidity by keeping it in a greenhouse-like environment with ample moisture or in a protected place in the house where it can enjoy bright, indirect light. Mist the aerial portions regularly and place the pot in a basin for soaking from the bottom up about once per month. Allow to dry out between waterings to prevent fungus. Orchids are sensitive to water quality, use collected rainwater, or distilled spring water only. The plant will need support such as a stake or trellis, in the wild they climb as an understory plant up tree trunks. Use a light orchid fertilizer monthly for feeding at the root zone.
Pests & Diseases
While orchids require high humidity and ample moisture, they can be prone to fungal disease. This will appear as blacking at the leaf and root tips. To avoid this, maintain temperatures and allow the substrate to dry out between waterings, avoid the plant sitting in water and have the foliage dry completely between misting.
Soil Type
Your vanilla orchid is an epiphyte which means it does not require soil to grow. Rather it prefers to anchor itself in loose orchid bark or cocoa fiber. Keep it in its current pot until it acclimates to its new environment and once it begins to show healthy growth, it can be transplanted to a larger container with orchid substrate to anchor the plant.
Light Requirements
Bright, indirect light, dappled sun light or low wattage warm spectrum bulbs.
Bloom Time
Orchids will typically bloom when there is a change in light frequency. When your vanilla orchids thrive, it may bloom perpetually.
Hardiness Zone
Not winter hardy. These tropical plants will need to be kept around 80˚F during the day and not to fall below 60˚F at night.
