Can you re pot a orchid?

if so how and do you need special peat

thanks

Can you re pot a orchid?
yeah you can. usually the orchid and the pot that it comes with is sufficient.



if you decide to repot it for any reason you should know some things. first, you want to buy the right bark and the right bark size for it. normally people use the medium bark size. secondly you have to find the right pot size. you dont want one too big; the general rule with me is that you want a pot size that gives you about an inch border of side space. the depth depends on the lenght of the root. one more thing, you shouldnt use peat moss. peat is bad because it absorbs the nutrients from the orchid plant and it causes mositure problems.



the last thing which is the most important is the location of your plant. this will depend on your house. i find that the kitchen sink in my house is pretty good for house orchids because it has great humidity from the water faucet and the lighting in my kitchen is good. GOod luck planting.
Reply:I am not an orchid expert, but I have repotted some of my orchids (due to a broken pot or because I did not like the pot it came in or because there were 5 orchids in one pot.) I waited until the plant had finished flowering and then removed it from the original pot into the new one. I had placed some orchid growing medium which is a medium-size bark and horticultural charcoal mix ( I think Scott makes one - I got it at Home Depot) into the new pot, plus some sphagnum moss around the inside of the pot because it gets very dry in my house due to the forced hot air heat. I placed the orchid into the pot and added more medium around it. I have never read to use peat as I think it might retain too much moisture. All of my orchids are doing well with the bark medium. They spend the summer on the windowsill, but come the long cold Maine winter, I have to move them away from the cold glass. Good luck with yours!
Reply:Yes, you can but it should have special compost. I grow all my orchids in a bark mixture not soil at all as it needs to be completely free draining.

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