What experienced gardeners for plant care is advised
Modern experts recommend choosing orchids in transparent pots, so that the roots of the plant will immediately be visible.
The color of the roots should be white or with a yellow light shade, and if it is a phalaenopsis orchid, then its roots can have a green tint. If the roots are brown, then they are rotten. The substrate in the pot should not be dry and not firm what indicates that the plant was wrong and not corresponding to the plant. You can not buy orchids in winter or autumn when transporting home can freeze.
It is required to carefully examine where the peduncle grows from, if it leaves the so -called growth point, then it is better not to buy it for beginners. And choose orchids in which 50% of flowers have already bloomed. The pot should be spacious since the small pot will then make it difficult to feed, watering and leaving.