{"id":15311,"date":"2013-05-10T20:06:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T04:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=15311"},"modified":"2013-06-12T21:41:07","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T05:41:07","slug":"what-to-do-after-the-orchid-blooms-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/10\/what-to-do-after-the-orchid-blooms-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do After the Orchid Blooms Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two recent news articles help demystify orchids. Wisconsin&#8217;s <em>Journal Times<\/em> and New York&#8217;s <em>Chronogram<\/em> magazine bring good news about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/index.html\">basic orchid care<\/a>. Both articles make the same point often made on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/index.html\">this site<\/a>: orchids are easy with a few key care points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journaltimes.com\/lifestyles\/relationships-and-special-occasions\/the-root-of-it-all-what-to-do-after-the\/article_7c13bec0-9ccf-11e2-972f-001a4bcf887a.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Journal Times<\/em> covers Phals, or Moth Orchids, the most common orchid sold today<\/a>. &#8220;The blooms can last two to four months, and there are some that seem to be in bloom nearly all year.&#8221; Helpful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phal<\/a> potting advice includes replacing moss with bark after blooms drop. Moss works great for the experts, but bark is much easier for beginners. &#8220;With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/potting.html\">a good quality orchid mix<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">bright light<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/fertilizer.html\">fertilization<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">the right moisture<\/a>, your orchid will bloom again in a few months. Enjoy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chronogram.com\/hudsonvalley\/first-orchid-confidence\/Content?oid=2162253\" target=\"_blank\">From the Hudson Valley of New York, <em>Chronogram<\/em> has a helpful article about orchid basics,<\/a> looking closely at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Catts<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>. &#8220;First-Orchid Confidence&#8221; begins with a common scenario: &#8220;You are gifted or impulsively buy your first orchid. A bit of panic sets in. They&#8217;re ethereal, celestial, and otherworldly, aren&#8217;t they? And therefore must be fussy as heck? Not so. &#8230; They just need consistent care that mimics the conditions of their native environment.&#8221; The article&#8217;s helpful info includes tips for water, light levels, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">humidity<\/a>, and fertilizer. There are also sidebars for &#8220;Sourcing Orchids Responsibly&#8221; and &#8220;Orchid Fun Facts.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two recent news articles help demystify orchids. Wisconsin&#8217;s Journal Times and New York&#8217;s Chronogram magazine bring good news about basic orchid care. Both articles make the same point often made on this site: orchids are easy with a few key care points. The Journal Times covers Phals, or Moth Orchids, the most common orchid sold [&hellip;]<\/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":[5,3,22,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fertilizing","category-growing","category-in-the-news","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311","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=15311"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15340,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311\/revisions\/15340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}