{"id":4210,"date":"2010-07-18T17:13:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T01:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=4210"},"modified":"2011-06-05T20:41:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T04:41:06","slug":"summer-watering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/18\/summer-watering\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Watering"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer has been heating up the northern half of the planet, and it’s important to remember that orchid care instructions<\/a> are always subject to change. If you follow a too-rigid watering<\/a> schedule, then you may notice your orchid suffering about now. On hot summer days, orchids need extra water<\/a>. Plants in homes and offices may respond to longer daylight hours with a growth spurt, and also need an extra drink or two during the week.<\/p>\n

So how often do you water? Well, there’s no single answer. Instead it depends on several interrelated factors, like light<\/a>, temperature<\/a>, humidity, air movement<\/a>, and what orchid variety you have<\/a>. High light, hot temps, dry air, and strong winds each increase an orchid’s thirst. Warm growers like Phals<\/a>, Paphs<\/a>, Oncidiums<\/a>, and Dendrobiums<\/a> will flourish with additional soakings. Always check that your flower pot drains completely, and orchid roots do not sit in water.<\/p>\n

No orchid website or book<\/a> can compete with your own observations, experience, and knowledge of local growing conditions. Pay attention, be flexible, and your orchid will reward you with amazing blooms.<\/p>\n

Summer has been heating up the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s<\/p>\n

important to remember that orchid watering instructions are<\/p>\n

always subject to change. On hot days, outdoor orchids need<\/p>\n

extra water. Even the excellent instructions at<\/p>\n

AboutOrchids.com can’t compensate for heat waves. Even if<\/p>\n

it’s not hot, long summer days also mean that orchids have<\/p>\n

enjoy more daylight hours of photosynthesis, and need more<\/p>\n

water. Orchids in homes and offices may also respond to<\/p>\n

longer sunlight hours with a growth spurt, and therefore<\/p>\n

need more additional waterings. If you follow a too-rigid<\/p>\n

watering formula, then you may notice your orchid suffering<\/p>\n

about now.<\/p>\n

So how often do you water? Well, there’s no single answer.<\/p>\n

Instead it depends on several interrelated factors, like<\/p>\n

light, temperature, humidity, air movement, and what orchid<\/p>\n

variety you have. For any extra hours of light, high temps,<\/p>\n

dry air, or high winds, orchids should receive extra water.<\/p>\n

No orchid website or book can compete with your own<\/p>\n

observations, experience, and knowledge of local growing<\/p>\n

conditions. Pay attention, be flexible, and remember that<\/p>\n

when it comes to watering instructions, your mileage will<\/p>\n

vary.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer has been heating up the northern half of the planet, and it’s important to remember that orchid care instructions are always subject to change. If you follow a too-rigid watering schedule, then you may notice your orchid suffering about now. On hot summer days, orchids need extra water. Plants in homes and offices may […]<\/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":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210","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=4210"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4228,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210\/revisions\/4228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}