Growing a White Orchid
Growing a White Orchid
Orchids are very beautiful flowers that usually grow in the tropical rainforest. These types of plants love the humidity and warmth of the forests. Orchids come in many different shapes and colors. One of the usual orchids that people love to grow is the white orchid. There are many kinds of orchids that feature white colored blooms.
Although orchids come in many different colors, many prefer the fragile and fresh looking white orchid blooms. This is probably because they look so much like fluffy white clouds or bunches of soft delicate flowers that the demand for them has increased over the years. Orchids are getting more and more common in the not so temperate regions of the world. This is because people love to grow them inside and take care of them even when the temperature outside is freezing.
Kinds of White Orchid Plants
The Cattleya is a large white orchid that has a heavy scent and a slight yellowish tinge in the center. This kind of orchid also comes in pink, yellow, lavender, fuchsia, purple and many other colored blooms. They are very attractive flowers and are usually used in wedding as center flowers of the bouquet. There are also several sub-species of Cattleya and most of these are similar to the larger white orchid. The Cattleya does not usually have a lot of blooms, about two - four per season.
The dendrobium is another orchid that bears white flowers among many colors. The white orchid flowers are smaller than that of a Cattleya and they usually bloom in sprays. Each spray or branch usually has an average of ten to twenty of the beautiful white orchid flowers on it. They are also used to humid and warm tropical forests.
The Phalaenopsis is a beautiful species of orchids that ha a single stalk emerging from the plant. This stalk bears the blooms of the orchid. This white orchid comes in a single base color (white) with small additions of other colors depending on its sub species or hybrids.
The orchid specie Vanda has probably the least white orchid blooms in all the orchids' species. The Vanda usually have small to medium sized blooms which may feature stripes or spots on the base color. The Vanda usually grows on a single flat stalk where the long, thin leaves spread out from. The flower stalks sprout out from the leaves' base and bear an average of three to ten blooms.
There are many other species of orchids that bears white orchid blooms. Many of the more common orchids are those listed above but there are so much more that most of the world has not seen at all.