Put This in Your Orchid Pot Instead of the Usual Fertilizer — The Truth About the “1-Teaspoon” Trick

Orchids are among our most prized houseplants, but when flowering does not occur, it is easy to be attracted by simple tricks that promise lots of new flowers after just a teaspoon of some “secret” solution.

For common moth orchids, Phalaenopsis, however, there is no scientific support that a single teaspoon of a particular household trick can make the plant bloom miraculously. The American Orchid Society, on the contrary, emphasizes that fertilizer is