If you love plants and the goal is to make them grow healthy and strong, there are some tricks to follow to have abundant flowering and healthy leaves and roots. Specifically, you’ll explore  how to get orchids to bloom at their best  , a houseplant to grow in an apartment.

Orchid: this is the trick to abundant flowering and strong, shiny leaves

A  trick to have healthy roots and flowers  is undoubtedly  to use lemon  , a citrus fruit that is usually kept at home due to its multiple uses, perfect for cleaning the leaves of orchids and above all useful for protecting this plant from diseases.  In fact,  lemon  has a disinfectant action  and  keeps away all insects  and parasites that could attack the plant. In addition, it is  rich in potassium and vitamin C  , useful for orchid leaves to grow greener and brighter.

However, it is important to know that  lemon juice should not be poured directly on the plant  , because the citric acid it contains could damage it.  The first thing you need to do is dilute the lemon juice with water.

1st method

• 10 drops of lemon juice
• 200ml of water
• Cotton or cotton pads

Pour the lemon drops into a container containing water. The cotton pad is then soaked in the liquid and after squeezing it, it is passed over the leaves of the plant. The  disc must be tightened  to prevent the stem and leaves from absorbing excess water.

This procedure, which  should be carried out only once a week  , protects the plant from insects such as the  scale insect or the thrips beetle  .

2nd method

• 200ml of water
• 3 drops of lemon juice

Add drops of lemon to the water and pour the mixture into the pot  once a month  . It is also possible to pour the liquid obtained directly into the orchid dish, this way it will be  absorbed slowly  . This procedure also serves to  keep insects away from the plant. 

With these 2 alternative tricks you have orchids with lush leaves and flowers.

Where to place the orchid at home for good flowering

But  for good flowering and growth of an orchid  it is essential to know where to place it at home, since you will never be able to get it to bloom in a space where it does not receive a good number of hours of light.  There are species like  Phalaenopsis that  require less light  to flower and others like  Cymbidium or Dendrobium  that  require many hours of light per day  . Many times it is  important to change  location by trying a new place with more light or dim lighting. For orchids  , the ideal place is undoubtedly a window sill  , quietly exposed to the sun’s rays.

However, there is  one decisive factor  in obtaining healthy, lush flowers:  patience  . The orchid  is one of the most beautiful flowers  in the plant world,  but it is also one of the most capricious.  So you have to dedicate a lot of time to it and take good care of it.