Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Happy medium makes happy orchids!!!! I had never been a plant person. I received an orchid for my birthday and then after that, somehow, I had three more orchids in my apart.. One of them died and I had no idea why. Long story short, when you buy an orchid in a surpermaket, most of them have been potted in moss. This keeps them moist until they are sold, but shortly thereafter when you take them home their roots will start to rot and your orchid will never re-bloom or worst die. HOW TO AVOID THIS? Repot your orchid in a happy medium that allows maximum drainage. I repotted all my orchids with this potting mix which has bark, charcoal and coarse perlite and now my orchids are healthy looking plants (I like to add moss to this mix to help with moisture because it's too dry in here during the winter). Four Key Points: 1) orchid's roots need to breathe and dry out between waterings (think of it as an air plant, it takes moisture from the air not from wet soil; they love humidity but the roots can't be wet 24/7) 2) water the roots, NEVER the crown (if water is lodged in the crown and doesn't dry out quickly it will cause the crown to rot; DO NOT mist your orchid) 3) If you have your orchid in a plastic pot inside a ceramic pot, make sure the plastic pot has holes, if it doesn't you can always make them yourself. 4) Don't use ice to water your orchid (they are tropical plants; they don't like the cold)