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Bllra.
'Smile Eri' is
a
surprisingly warmth-tolerant
oncidium
intergeneric that blooms
profusely.
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Like many plants, orchids have a
cyclical growth pattern that varies according
to season.
Most orchids that we
grow as exotic houseplants come from tropical
regions without four distinct seasons as we
know then: spring, summer, fall, winter.
Furthermore, the closer you get to the equator,
the more balanced day and night length
is.
However, there are
still seasonal changes that affect orchids such
as wet and dry seasons that often correspond
with warmer or cooler periods. Orchids also
grow in many different environments and
elevations. A lowland tropical orchid growing
along a river will not survive a thousand feet
or higher, where cooler orchids may thrive.
Some orchids grow on rocky outcrops in shade,
while a hundred metres away another type, might
only survive in the shady damp crevice of
tree.
While understanding an
orchid's native environment is a big help in
growing it well, especially with some of the
more finicky types, most orchids that are grown
as houseplant will adapt to our seasons,
responding to warmer temperatures and light by
growing actively, and resting or blooming in
cooler drier weather. Working with the weather,
and the changing seasons, will help you enable
your orchids to thrive, and flower.
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