1flowerexpress

1flowerexpress is specially for those who love flower. Flower has it owns personality, feeling, communication, color, stylist, meaning, language and and a lot more!

Archive for October 30th, 2008

How to extend life of your Orchid

Posted by 1flowerexpress on October 30, 2008

When you have a beautiful orchid bouquet, you do not want it to died faster and you will do your best to make orchid more lasting, i am here to share some tips on how to extend life for your orchid, hopefully it’s useful:

 

i) When you got home, remove water vial from the stem of each spray.

ii) Trim a half inch or more from the end of each spray.

iii) Submerge the entire stem, including the flower head into fresh (room temperature) water for 5 – 10mins.

iv) Fill vase with room temperature water and add flower food.

v) Remove from water, gently shake off the excess and place orchid in vase.

vi) Mist flowers up to three times a day. (recommended)

vii) Keep out of direct sunlight and away from hot or cold drafts.

viii) Re-cut stems and change the water every day. In this way, you will extend the life of your orchid.

 

Posted in Flower care tips | Tagged: , , , , | Leave a Comment »