Can spring orchids bloom in winter?

Normal flowering period

The normal flowering period of spring orchid is from January to March, with two or single flowers. Among orchids, only spring orchid and Chinese orchid are relatively short when blooming, while other orchids can grow with tall leaves. The colors of the flowers are commonly light brown or green, and they have a strong fragrance. The shortest petal is about 1.7 cm, and the width is between 0.8 cm and 1.2 cm. It consists of 3 petals, which is very distinctive.

Is it open in winter?

The answer is definitely yes. Its original flowering period starts in January, but winter comes in December. If we want it to bloom early, it is easy as long as we artificially control the maintenance environment and temperature.

How to make it bloom in winter

The formation of spring orchid buds requires a period of low temperature, which is professionally called the "vernalization period." Without this "vernalization period", flowers will never bloom. So we take advantage of this and create an early "vernalization" time.

Spring orchids will go into a dormant state in winter, but we want to make it dormant early, put it in an environment with a temperature of 10 to 5 degrees and keep it for about 20 days, and then move it to an environment of 15 to 20 degrees and maintain it normally, forcing it to wake up early and stop dormancy, and then it can bloom.