{"id":7641,"date":"2011-03-24T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T15:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=7641"},"modified":"2011-05-05T16:36:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T00:36:35","slug":"spring-orchid-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/24\/spring-orchid-chores\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Orchid Chores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is on the calendar. Even if your part of the world hasn&#8217;t completely shed winter, the sun is stronger, the days are longer, and it\u2019s time for some seasonal orchid chores:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Move orchids from their brighter winter locations to shadier areas for spring and summer. Orchids should receive enough <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">light<\/a> so that leaves are a light green color. Dark green leaves may indicate too little light to bloom.<\/li>\n<li>Watch for new leaf and root growth, which often starts as flowers finish. This is a good time to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/potting.html\">repot<\/a>, if necessary. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/20\/spring-has-sprung\/\">Check here to see if you need to repot your orchid<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/dormancy.html\">dormant<\/a> orchid varieties like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleya<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobium<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidium<\/a>, increase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">watering<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/fertilizer.html\">fertilizing<\/a> gradually.<\/li>\n<li>For deciduous orchids like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/07\/orchid-of-the-day-bletilla-striata\/\">Bletilla<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/20\/feed-me-seymour\/\">Cycnoches<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/25\/thunia\/\">Thunia<\/a>, water new growth minimally for the first few weeks. Too much water may rot new leaves.<\/li>\n<li>As always, maintain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">high humidity and good air movement<\/a>. Dry or stagnant air invites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/problems\/index.html\">pests and disease<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is on the calendar. Even if your part of the world hasn&#8217;t completely shed winter, the sun is stronger, the days are longer, and it\u2019s time for some seasonal orchid chores: Move orchids from their brighter winter locations to shadier areas for spring and summer. Orchids should receive enough light so that leaves are [&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":[3,7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-problems","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641","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=7641"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7684,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641\/revisions\/7684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}