There are several important issues related to the growing of orchids including choosing the kind of orchid pot and potting medium as well as watering and fertilizing needs as too the location of the plant – all of which can ensure ultimate success in growing of the orchids. What’s more, when choosing the pot in which to grow the orchids you will certainly be quite bemused at the varieties that you will have to choose from, though the most common types of orchid pot that you will do well to choose are the pots that are made from terracotta clay or even those made out of plastic.

Plastic Pots

Let’s look at the orchid pot made out of plastic. First of all you need to choose those plastic pots that are light in weight and which should have quite a few drainage holes in them which will prove to be very useful for indoor growing and such pots are well suited to be placed where chances of the pot being blown over by windy conditions are lower.

Secondly, when choosing the a pot in which to grow the orchids you need to see how well the medium will dry up as compared to in the case of the terracotta clay pot. What’s more, you also have to ensure that the plastic orchid pot is thick enough to prevent it from breaking up too easily and which is light in color so that the pot does not heat up under strong sunlight. For better choice it pays to use orchid pots that are made out of polythene since these pots will ensure that the plants will receive more light that will reach the very roots of the plant.

In the case of the orchid pot made from terracotta clay you need to look at the weight of the pot which should be heavy enough to provide greater stability. Such an orchid pot needs to only have a single drainage hole in its bottom though sometimes it does become necessary to add a few more drainage holes on the sides of the orchid pot.

This kind of orchid pot is also ideally suited for growing epiphytic orchids that are drought tolerant because of the fact that the medium in it will be less prone to waterlogging. Furthermore, the case for using the orchid pot made out of terracotta clay is strong in case you wish to grow the Cymbidia orchid while the case is equally as strong in regard to growing jewel orchids such as the Ludisia and Anoectodhilus which will be better grown in glass pots.

The need to do orchid repotting is strongest in case the orchid that you are growing grows too big for its present container. However, remember also that repotting is more than simply uprooting the plant from the existing pot and putting the uprooted plant into a new pot.