The plant is found only in the Philippines at elevations up to 300 meters as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte with 6" (15 cm) long
Grammatophyllum multiflorum orchid is a species of the Grammatophyllum genus. Grammatophyllum multiflorum orchid is also called with the name: Multiflowered grammatophyllum. The plant is found only in the Philippines at elevations up to 300 meters as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte with 6" (15 cm) long, pseudobulbs carrying 4, oblanceolate, acute, smooth, rather thick leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on basal, arching to 5' (1.5 m) long, many flowered inflorescence.
HOW TO BUY GRAMMATOPHYLLUM MULTIFLORUM ORCHID
Status: The plant must be at an undeveloped-sprouts stage. If new sprouts are developed when purchased, sprouts will not be able to adapt to environmental conditions in the new environment. The rhizomes of the plant must be stretch, fat, and not wrinkled.
Color: for Grammatophyllum multiflorum orchid, we choose the plant with fresh, large, green rhizome; on the rhizome there are no signs of disease, there may have leaves or not.
When you choose Multiflowered grammatophyllum, it should be dry, not be wet or moist because if it is wet or wet will cause rot and pathogens.
GROW AND CARE OF THE GRAMMATOPHYLLUM MULTIFLORUM ORCHID
Characteristics of the plant: Grammatophyllum multiflorum orchid is a species of orchid that preferred light, suitable in cool places. Because of the rhizome of the plant can store water and nutrition, so the plant does not need much of watering. Nutritional needs of the plant are large, the plant grows rapidly around spring and summer.
Flowering characteristics: The plant begins to bud from the end of the winter (January to February), and flowering in April to June.
Preparation materials, cultivates for the plant: pine bark, coffee pods, coconuts bark, dried coconuts are crushed. For the pine bark, we need to crush its into small pieces with a size about 0.5x0.5x1cm to ensure moisture for orchids. For coffee, coconut shells, dried coconuts bark should be treated with lime for 7 days to remove the acrid and kill fungus, disease.
Pruning Grammatophyllum multiflorum orchids: When orchids are purchased, it is necessary to completely cut off roots, because the roots of the plant will die in the winter. We need to prune early, preferably immediately after buying.
Treating plants: The plant should be treated with medicine to eliminate pathogens, stimulate growth and prevent environmental shock for orchids with a mixture of medicine: B1 + N3M + Ridomil gold + Alitte + Regan. As directed on the label, orchids are immersed in the medicine mixture for 5 minutes.
The environment of domesticated for Grammatophyllum multiflorum orchid: the best environment for domestication is the environment which have airy, the humidity is not too high (about 60-70%) and have relatively light (70-80% natural light).
How to plant and graft the Multiflowered grammatophyllum orchid: we planted in pots, we put the rhizome of the plant neatly in the center of the pot, pay attention, use the small pots, so that when put on the rhizome part occupied 2 / 3 area of the pot. When planted in small pots, the plants will produce better flowers, and the roots of the plant tend to grow opposite to the gravity dimension and will spread out into a sphere. After that, dry out, do not irrigate for the first 7-10 days to help the plant heal wounds.
Grammatophyllum multiflorum orchid care after grafted:
Watering: 7 - 10 days after grafting, do not water. Place the plant in a well-ventilated environment, the cultivate must always remain moist to cool the plant. At the end of 7-10 days, we perform irrigation, due to the nature of plants do not like too much water, watering 5 days / time, irrigating the plant three times, each time 5 minutes apart , irrigate the entire tree and cultivate or can soak in the water for 2 hours then remove and re-place to the old position. Since September, water decreased to 15 days / time. From October to March do not watering.
Fertilizer application: the stage of germination but not root, fertilizer is not applied, because during this period the plant is absorbing nutrients accumulated in the old stem to produce the sprout without irrigation, new seedlings are too young so its easy to be rotten.
After the plant has reached new roots, we apply fertilizer 30-10-10 + TE grow more, dosage 1g / 4 liters of water, spray both sides of leaves, from April to October.
In September, spraying fertilizer 6-30-30 + TE grow more, dosage 1g / 4lit. From October onwards, do not fertilize and leave the plants completely under natural conditions.
Prevention: due to the environment always has orchid disease so we need to spray periodically: mix of Antracol + lino oxto + regan, periodically every 15 days. From October to March of next year, do not spraying preventive medicine, due to this extreme conditions should be relatively less disease.
You also need to pay attention that the conditions for flowering are: the plant need 50 - 70 % of natural light, stop completely watering plants in winter, stop fertilizer in winter, the environment of the plant must be enough dry and airy. Good luck!
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