00:00Colombia is the country with the largest number of species in the world.
00:07The orchidias are the species that more form colors, colors, sizes,
00:12have developed to be adaptable to all the climates, to all ecosystems.
00:18The main myth in Colombia, for us, the colombianos,
00:21is that the orchidia is the catleya.
00:22People believe that the catleya triana is the orchidia.
00:25They say, look, this is also a orchidia.
00:27Ah, but it's not the same as the orchidia.
00:29What I'm saying is that they generalize the concept of orchidia in a single species,
00:33in a country that has more than 4.000 species.
00:58A third myth is that the orchidias are like any other species,
01:01so many people feed them in the soil immediately.
01:04The myth is not about the orchidia, the myth is about the soil.
01:07So, the soil is good for all the plants.
01:09So, it's a myth. Why?
01:11Because the plants are like any other species.
01:14They have their requirements.
01:15And the orchidias have similar requirements to their roots.
01:19So, orchidias that are terrestres have to live in the soil.
01:22And orchidias that are epifitas,
01:25they have to live in cascara of cocoa,
01:27or pegadas to troncos.
01:29The others have to live with the orchidias.
01:31Here at the beginning of our sender,
01:32there is a signal where they are going to talk about how the europeans
01:34in the siglo XIX
01:35did great expeditions to come to look for orchidias.
01:38They came to look for many plants,
01:40but also there were also adventurers,
01:43like they came to the orchidias,
01:44like they came to the orchidias,
01:45and like the value was so high,
01:46then they could have...
01:48They tried to look for certain orchidias
01:51that could be very attractive,
01:53between those orchidias of the genera Dracula.
01:55So, many of them in that search of the orchidias of Dracula
01:58died,
01:59so they died.
02:00There is a little inventario,
02:04for example,
02:05in Puerto Berrío,
02:07Antioquia,
02:07of the ingleses
02:10that were murdered
02:10in the mining
02:12or in the orchidias,
02:13for example.
02:15The important thing is that they receive
02:18indirect illumination.
02:20Although the orchidias
02:21are in the trees,
02:22where they would think that there is a lot of light,
02:24this light is filtered
02:25by the branches
02:26and by the trees.
02:28So,
02:29although they have a lot of light,
02:30they need a lot of light,
02:32the important thing is that it is not direct,
02:33because the light direct
02:35can kill them,
02:36can kill them,
02:36can kill them,
02:37can kill them,
02:37can kill them,
02:38can kill them,
02:38can kill them.
02:41They recommend fertilization
02:42each 2-4 weeks.
02:44They can get clean
02:45on the matter,
02:48on the substrate,
02:49although,
02:49it usually is recommended
02:51not to be so close to the plant,
02:52because they burn them
02:53or there are some other fertilizers
02:55that are could be able to dissolve in water.
02:56They are a little less agressive
02:58for the plant
02:58and every 2-4 weeks
03:02they can fertilize them.
03:04Comercialmente
03:04These are the varieties that have been modified, or not modified, but domesticated,
03:12since many years ago, to have them in our houses, in our apartments, and for that the
03:17flowering dure much more.
03:19These, which are of Phalaenopsis, the group Phalaenopsis, generally give a variety with
03:23many flowers, and on that they can continue to give buttons, or when they leave the flowers,
03:30the flowering can be on the same flowering and give another flowering with other flowers.
03:35That's why it's important that we don't cut this flower until it is completely
03:40yellow, totally yellow.
03:41If we have a lot of flowers, the orchids have a lot of adaptability to capture the
03:45humidity of the environment, so if we put a lot of water, if we have the
03:48roots submerged, if we have a substance that is not the right, like a normal soil, or a
03:53substance that guard a lot of humidity, then the orchids also will be able to
03:58burn and it will cause the death of the plant.
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