Phalaenopsis orchids are easy to grow and look after. Normally, they usually flower since late winter to spring. However, they can flower all of the year,if you provide them good and sufficient conditions.

Phalaenopsis orchids are a famous orchid that are native of southeast Asia but a lot of people around the world falling in love with this kind of orchid. Phalaenonopsis is commonly known as the “moth orchid” because the flower petals, someone thinks the petals look like the wings of a moth but I think it is sweet and tender like flying moths.

So if you want your Phalaenopsis flower all the year, It is a good idea to learn about appropriate factors for them.

The factors that appropriate for Phalaenopsis Orchids are not different from other orchids that come from Southeast Asia. They need light, water, fertilize.

LIGHT: Phalaenopsis orchids are orchid that need low light. That mean you should not give direct sunlight to this kind of orchid because they will scorch. So the appropriate light for this kind of orchid is about 50-60 percent shading. It is a common light that we should give to orchids that mean you can plant Phalaenopsis orchids with other kind of orchids

TEMPERATURES: Phalaenopsis orchids are orchid that found in warm temperatures place So this orchids like temperatures between 15 to 30 °C

WATER: Phalaenopsis orchids don’t have large water-storing pseudobulbs like some orchids but they have leaves that can store some water. So Phalaenopsis Orchids don’t need a lot of water. You don’t have to watering them every day. Maybe just one time per week but you have to make sure that compose are a little bit damp and you should watering them if compose are too dry.

HUMIDITY: Phalaenopsis orchids that have thick leaves do not need too much humidity like other orchids. A proper humidity is about 60%

FERTILIZE: Normally, you can fertilize your Phalaenopsis orchids with a weak orchid fertilizer weekly( use balanced fertilize such as 15-15-15) and you should cut fertilizer to once a month when cooler, or under overcast conditions. If you want your orchids flowering, you can fertilize your orchids with a high phosphorus fertilizer (such as 10-30-15) May be September or October is a time that you can applied to blooming.