| The expression of 'weakly weekly' refers to the fact that tropical plant fertilizers are too strong for orchids, hence, 'weakly'. You have purchased a fertilizer which the manufacture makes for orchids. The only difference between it and regular fertilizer from the same manufacture is the instructions.
They have already reduced the amount of fertilizer by recommending a teaspoon per gallon. For tropical plants the recommendation is a tablespoon per gallon or three times as much. You do not need to reduce it again. I point his out since you do not need to buy several different fertilizers just adjust the amount.
For those who soak their plants to water them (and it is a good way to water a smaller collection) you can fertilize every watering, if you wish, by reducing the fertilizer to a lower level to match your watering. If you water twice a week cut it in half or less, three times a week 1/3. It gives the plant about the same amount of fertilizer and does not make you think about whether it is time to fertilize. Commercial growers do this since their fertilizer is injected into the automatic watering system.
Equally since the fertilizing is automatic it is not adjusted for plants in flower or not. If the plant is flowering, it is healty and growing, and it can take as much abuse (loving care) as we give it.
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