Farmer orchids cannot be grown for several years
Farmer orchids can tolerate frost down to minus seven degrees, at least for a certain period of time. The plant, which comes from the Chilean highlands, is not hardy and will not survive a harsh winter outdoors.
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You can of course try to overwinter a farmer's orchid indoors to raise it for several years. However, it is not worth the effort. Farm orchids survive the winter indoors under favorable conditions, but they no longer bloom in the following year.
You have to sow the pretty ornamental plant with its multicolored flowers every year.
Sow the split flower every year
The farmer orchid blooms very early in the year if you sow it in autumn of the previous year:
- Fill the seed tray with potting soil
- Sow seeds thinly
- cover lightly with substrate
- Set up bright and warm at 22 to 25 degrees
- prick after emergence
- Plant outdoors or in pots from March
Looking for a good location
In order for the split flower to develop its many beautiful flowers, it needs little care but a favorable location. It should be sunny to partially shaded. You are welcome to put them under trees or bushes, where other flowering plants rarely develop their bloom.
Waterlogging must be prevented at all costs, as the otherwise very robust plant then dies. Mix the soil in the flowerbed with sand and put drainage in planters.
You only need to water outdoors if it has been very dry for a long time. In the tub or flower box (€ 13.19 at Amazon *) you ensure that the substrate never dries out completely. Fertilize the farmer's orchid outdoors with a little ripe compost and in a planter every two weeks with a little liquid fertilizer.
Tips
The farmer's orchid is not hardy, but can withstand temperatures down to minus seven degrees for a while. It is therefore allowed to go outdoors as early as March. You should only protect plants in the tub from frost.
