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Anyone who loves plants will sooner or later end up adopting an Orchid !
This plant, whose most common variety is Phalaenopsis and can also be found in the supermarket, is easily recognizable by its flowers with a unique and bewitching appearance.
Unfortunately, intense heat can stress your orchid , weakening it and, in severe cases, causing it to dry out. Let’s see how to recognize when this happens and how to behave .
Symptoms
Let’s start by discovering the symptoms that tell us that our plant is suffering from too much heat .
Floppy flowers
Certainly one of the first symptoms caused by high temperatures is the wilting of the flowers .
These usually have a delicate but vigorous appearance at the same time. In the heat, however, they can appear droopy and floppy as if they have just been bathed and are weighed down by the water.
Spots on the leaves
The appearance of spots on the leaves is also very common . These are often irregularly shaped and yellow-brown spots . They sometimes appear when, in addition to the excessive temperature , the sun is really intense .
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