🌳 Description:

• Family: Orchidaceae

• Genus: Phalaenopsis

• Domestic Use: An orchid suitable for indoor cultivation, ideal as an ornamental houseplant thanks to its showy and long-lasting blooms

• Flowering: Abundant; can rebloom multiple times a year under optimal conditions

🌞 Light Exposure: Medium, indirect, and diffused light. Avoid direct sunlight, which can burn the leaves. Ideal near an east or west-facing window, or a south-facing window with a sheer curtain.

🚿 Watering: Water when the substrate is almost completely dry, generally every 7–10 days in summer and every 10–14 days in winter. Prefer to immerse the pot for 10–15 minutes, then allow to drain completely. Avoid water stagnation at the crown.

🌡️ Minimum Tolerable Temperature and Cultivation Temperature: Cultivation in a warm-intermediate range: ideal daytime temperature 22–28 °C, nighttime 16–20 °C. Minimum tolerable temperature: 15 °C for short periods. Avoid sudden temperature changes and cold drafts.

🌱 Soil Type and Repotting: Recommended substrate: pure sphagnum moss or bark mixed with perlite. Repot every 1–2 years, preferably after flowering, when roots are extensively growing out of the pot or the substrate has deteriorated.

🌿 Fertilization: Fertilize every 2 weeks during the active growing season (spring-summer) with a balanced orchid fertilizer (e.g., 20-20-20) at half the recommended dose. Reduce to once a month in autumn-winter.

✂️ Pruning or Other Recommended Agronomic Treatments: After flowering, cut the flower spike above a node to encourage new branching, or at the base if the spike is completely spent. Remove dry or damaged leaves with sterilized tools. No rest period is necessary.

💧 Environmental Humidity: Ideal humidity: 60–80%. In dry environments, mist the aerial roots (not the leaves) or place the pot on a tray with pebbles and water. Always ensure good ventilation to prevent rot.

The dimensions are purely indicative and refer to a mature plant.