{"id":1404,"date":"2010-04-28T20:52:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T04:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2011-01-01T19:40:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T03:40:10","slug":"more-orchid-buying-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/28\/more-orchid-buying-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"More Orchid Buying Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best questions to ask before buying an orchid is &#8220;what kind should I buy?&#8221;\u00a0 Many people buy an orchid because they like the flowers, without regard for its care needs. However, different orchids can require different <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">temperature ranges<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">light levels<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">watering<\/a> schedules. If it&#8217;s not the right orchid for the available conditions, the plant suffers. I&#8217;ve succumbed to floral temptation even when I know better, so I can&#8217;t point fingers, but I can suggest that you plan ahead. If you want to keep your orchid long-term, first figure out what conditions you can provide, and then select a suitable variety. The orchid family is large and diverse, and you can find one for almost any environment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">warm temps<\/a>, try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/paphiopedilum.html\">Paphs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleyas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidiums<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">cooler temps<\/a>, look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallias<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/miltonia.html\">Miltonias<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/odontoglossum.html\">Odontoglossums<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">low light<\/a> conditions, use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/paphiopedilum.html\">Paphs<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallias<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">high light<\/a> (direct sun for part of the day,) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleyas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/epidendrum.html\">Epidendrums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidiums<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vandas<\/a> can thrive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallias<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/miltonia.html\">Miltonias<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/paphiopedilum.html\">Paphs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vandas<\/a> need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> frequently.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleyas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/epidendrum.html\">Epidendrums<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidiums<\/a> like to dry out, so they don&#8217;t need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> as often.<\/li>\n<li>All orchids need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">good humidity and air movement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re buying an orchid for Mother&#8217;s Day, mom will probably want to keep it blooming as long as possible, and maybe  even try to make it re-bloom. Think about what growing conditions she  can provide in her home or office. If your mom is online, you can send her to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/index.html\">AboutOrchids<\/a> to learn the basics. And it wouldn&#8217;t hurt to buy her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/resources\/index.html\">a nice orchid book that she can enjoy<\/a>, no matter how the plant fares.<\/li>\n<li>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/category\/buying-tips\/\">my previous posts with orchid buying tips<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buying-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3257,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/3257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}