5 Types Of Orchid Flowers That Are Easy To Care For, Want To Try To Decorate Your Home?

Illustration of types of orchids (Unsplash/Mossholder Team)

JAKARTA – Overcoming boredom while at home, can fill the time by gardening or caring for ornamental plants. One of the beautiful ornamental plants flowers are orchids. However, a sense of reluctance often arises because this flower is difficult to care for.

Relax, not all variants of this exotic flower are difficult to maintain. Here are the types of orchids that are very easy to care for.

1. Dendrobium Orchid

Dendrobium orchids are relatively easy to flower and care for. This type is also popular. What's more fun, the flowers can last up to two weeks.

Illustration of a dendrobium orchid (Unsplash/Laura Ockel)

This easy-to-maintain orchid flower, dendrobium, is native to Indonesia and comes in a variety of colors and shapes. Because the genus is the largest in the world, it means it has high adaptability. You who live in the lowlands can also maintain this ornamental plant.

2. Cattleya Orchid

Although it doesn't take long to flower like dendrobium, the Cattleya orchid which is widely found in South America is quite easy to care for.

Cattleya orchid illustration (Unsplash/Laura Ockel)

As long as it is exposed to enough sun, it will flower more often. The flowers will fall in a few days. The price will be more expensive as you get older.

3. Vanda Orchid

Known as Singapore Orchids, the price of Vanda orchids will increase if the flower size gets bigger. Vanda orchid flowers can grow in almost all of Asia and Australia.

Vanda orchid illustration (Unsplash/Kalsey Weinkauf)

Unlike other orchid plants that can live without soil. But the Vanda orchid grows in the ground, both in pots and hanging.

4. Phalaenopsis Orchid

Moon orchids, also known as phalaenopsis, are also widely collected. Compared to the previous types of orchids above, moon orchids need extra care to keep flowering.

Moon orchid illustration (Unsplash/Wolfgang Hasselmann)

5. Laelia Orchid

Compared to moon orchids and vanda orchids, laelia orchids have slightly curled petals and sepals. Flowers from laelia orchids look more slender and attractive.

Illustration of a laelia orchid (Unsplash/Muhammadh Saamy)

Based on the direction from Fahri Orchid's YouTube channel, in order for orchids to flower diligently, they need to be given dekastar fertilizer. There are two variants of dekastar fertilizer, the first variant is used to keep the agar and leaves growing well. While other dekastar variants are for orchid flowering.

In addition, it is necessary to ensure that the flowering decastar is low in nitrogen, low in phosphate, and low in potassium. On the other hand, if the dekastar is high, the three contents are good for leaf and root growth.