Orchids are very easy to care for when you follow the basic rules of gardening. They do not require much maintenance and can quickly become a beautiful plant to decorate your interior if you take care of them. This plant, symbol of fertility, will brighten up your interior with its butterfly-shaped flowers. However, to maintain a beautiful indoor plant and obtain optimal flowering, you must know how to cultivate it.
Here are natural tips for properly planting your orchids at home and maintaining them over the long term. You will have beautiful flowering plants and beautiful flowers on your orchids.
Lemon, the best ally for an orchid
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For this beautiful indoor plant, nothing is better than lemon for growing it. Orchids are flowering plants that love acidity. To have healthy roots and foliage, lemon is the best ally for your orchids. It is perfect for cleaning the leaves and preventing the proliferation of fungi at the roots. In addition, lemon can serve as a natural insecticide thanks to its disinfectant active ingredients which will scare away all insects and other leaf rodents. Especially since lemon is rich in potassium and vitamin C which promote the flowering of orchids. However, it is strongly recommended not to pour lemon directly on the plant. The citric acid present in lemon could damage this perennial plant.
How to use lemon on an orchid?
