A popular colourful flowering plant known as Orchid family from ‘Orchidaceae’ with diverse and stable ornamental blooms, one of the largest plant family having few thousands species. The numerous variety includes Bulbophyllum, Phalaenopsis, Dendrobium, Pleurothallis, Vanilla, Cattelya, Cymbidium, Orcidium etc besides huge hybrids species. The Orchid represents luxury, beauty and strength, while stands from innocence and elegance.
Grow: Orchid plant does not grow on soil but requires growing medium which include mix of fir bark, gravels, coconut husk, moss, organic fibres, per-lite etc. It prefers proper light, watering, feeding, humidity and misting with spray. Even Orchids are potted at special pots meant for them with multiple aeration and drainage provision and available at stores. Normally it blooms once or twice a year and last for a pretty long time, a garden becomes fulfilled having Orchids in possession.
Scientific Classification: Kingdom - Plantae; Clade – Angiosperms, Monocots; Order – Asparagales; Family – Orchidaceae; Genus – Orchid (Source – Wikipedia)… for correlation