Uma kunezimbali ezinhle futhi ezihlobisa ngokumangalisayo, lezi ngokungangabazeki yilezo ze- ama-orchid. Futhi banelukuluku lokwazi; kakhulu ukuthi kukhona ezinye ezinokuma kwezilwane, kodwa kukhona okunye okusikhumbuza okuthile esikugqoka nsuku zonke, njengamateki.
I-orchid IVenus Slipper kuyisitshalo esingajwayelekile. Kuhle ukuba ngaphakathi kwendlu, inqobo nje uma kunokukhanya okuningi futhi kuvikelwe kokungakapheli. Ngokulandelayo ngizokwembulela zonke izimfihlo zalo.
Le orchid enelukuluku elingelohlobo lwe-botanical I-Paphiopedilum equkethe izinhlobo ezingaba ngu-70, futhi ezalwa ezifundeni zase-Asia ezishisayo. Ngokungafani ne-Phalaenopsis, yasemhlabeni, okungukuthi, iyakhula phansi. Izimbali zayo ziheha ukunakwa kakhulu, futhi lokhu kuyinto okuyibeke engcupheni yokushabalala.
Inamaqabunga aluhlaza amade, cishe angama-30cm ubude no-3cm ububanzi. Izimbali zizungeze u-15cm futhi ifinyelela ekuphakameni okungaba ngu-35-40cm.
Ukutshalwa kwayo kulula kakhulu, kuzitshala ku-substrate eyakhiwe nge-peat emnyama, i-pine bark (inhlabathi yama-orchid) nesihlabathi ezingxenyeni ezilinganayo. Ukuthuthukisa amanzi, kufanele ukwengeza ungqimba wokuqala wobumba lwentaba-mlilo; ngale ndlela, sizokugwema ukuminyana kwamanzi.
Ukunisela kufanele kube njalo, ngaleyo ndlela kugcina inhlabathi inomswakama omncane. Sebenzisa amanzi angenalayini ukwenza lokhu, njengemvula noma amanzi amaminerali. Ngesikhathi sokuqhakaza ungawukhokha ngomanyolo othile wama-orchid, ulandela imiyalo ebekiwe kwiphakheji.
Yize kuyisitshalo esimelana kakhulu, ukunakekelwa okukhethekile kufanele kuthathwe ngokunisela ngokweqile, njengoba kungadala izifo fungal. Uma kwenzeka ubona ukuthi amaqabunga awo aqala ukonakala, yiphathe ngesibulali-sikhutha esibanzi futhi wehlise ubungozi.
Le orchid enhle izwela kakhulu emakhazeni naseqhweni, kodwa isiqiniseko ekhaya lakho kubukeka kukuhle 🙂.