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Temperatures CaladeniaPosizione luminosa
These plants can be put outdoors only if any danger of freezings has gone by. These plants prefer very bright places, but we should avoid direct sunrays, especially during the hottest days of the year.It is advisable to grow the the Caladenia in a very bright place, although it should be protected by direct solar rays.

Care Caladenia
These plants are shrubs. Caladenia Is an evergreen; during summer iIt assumes a yellowpinkwhite colouring; the adult specimens are medium in size and reach 60 cm high. Growing the stems and branches tend to develop downwards.

Feed Caladenia
Let’s avoid fertilizing our orchids during flowering; during the spring let’s act every 20-25 days, using a specific fertilizer, avoiding to leave fertilizing solutions in direct contact with the roots for too long.

Irrigation CaladeniaTenere Umido
Water when the ground is dry; in case of prolonged droughts water very often, otherwise every 1-2 weeks can be enough using 1-2 glasses of water ; avoid water stagnations and excessive watering. Orchids in general favour a pretty moist soil; to water correctly it is advisable to water these plants by immersion, therefore soaking the containers in water up to the edge; when the water has reached the top part of the substratum we can take out the vases and let the excess water drain well.

Adversity Caladenia
A treatment based on mineral oil or insecticide should be applied only in cases of infesting by parasites, paying attention not to vaporize the flowers.

Substrate Caladenia
They need an averagely drained cultivation substratum.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
3
0
0
0
3
0
continental
2
0
0
0
3
0
mediterranean
1
0
0
0
3
0

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Cultivate - Caladenia

If desired, we can grow the the Caladenia in a container. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area continental mediterranean

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