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Orchid Plant

Picking a healthy orchid plant is the important first step of growing at home or giving one as a gift. Roots should be green, long and situated in loose medium. Dead or dying roots can always be pruned away, but beginning with a majority of healthy roots will help the cultivation be more successful.

A healthy orchid plant can be blooming or not – depending on which genus and species you buy. For example, Phalaenopsis are known for diverting more energy than is healthy to blooming – which is why they are so popular. But the danger is that if you buy one that is already blooming there is no way to determine how many blooming cycles it has already been through.

Picking an orchid plant out of the wild is not recommended and not even legal in general. It can sometimes be challenging to find a healthy plant at big box home improvement stores – the alternative is to find a local grower who will sell you a healthy plant right off the bat.

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