Cultivation of potted orchid is easy and could be exploited by a grower with average experience. Cultivated orchids, whether seedlings or clones, can be started in aseptic flasks with agar medium. Plantlets thrive in flasks, but should be deflasked before depletion of nutrients in the medium. Proper care of plants from flasks through the community pot or plug tray stage is critical to optimum growth, development, and productivity. Deflasked plants should be placed in a pathogen-free medium having good moisture holding capacity, drainage, and aeration.
Several materials are commercially available, some requiring pasteurization.
Young plants should he placed on highly sanitized benches. Nutrients in solid and or liquid form are adequately provided. In Florida, irrigation should be provided early to mid-day to allow foliage and flowers to be dry during night time. Potted orchids can be grown successfully in shaded cloth-covered structures. Shade cloth densities vary depending on the solar radiation intensity of the area.