All Posts Tagged With: "flowers"
The Art of Watering Orchids
We can thank orchid and other flower growers, at least in part, for the burgeoning movement to recycle the water that reaches our houses and yards, especially that which falls as rain. If you are growing orchids, this is something you might like to investigate.
Orchids, similar to most other plants, have specific likes and dislikes […]
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Basic Orchid Potting: Epiphytals
Orchids are traditionally placed into two major overall families, epiphytal and terrestrial. The former are the ones that tend to grow on tree trunks and tree branches. There are several different methods for growing this type of orchid in the home or in greenhouses. It all starts with the potting.
Epiphytal orchid plants, in nature, […]
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Starting Out in Orchid Cultivation
In years gone by, people thought that growing orchids was a thing reserved for the rich, or at least the quite affluent. These days, most people are aware that orchid cultivation is a pastime available to nearly anyone.Yet there is another myth that continues to be passed along: that caring for orchids is so difficult […]
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No Time Like the Present to Join the Orchid Craze
Since tulip mania (or “tulipomania”) crested in the Netherlands until the present day no one group of plants has acquired such a firm hold on popular imagination as the orchids. Hard as it is to picture, today’s orchid craze doesn’t hold a candle to the passion that the plants inspired in our Victorian ancestors in […]
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The Orchid’s Deadliest Insect Pest
The Cattleya fly is one of the most potentially harmful pests that couldinfect your precious orchids. As a matter of fact, this pest is intimately associated with orchids rather than any other kind of plant, as you could readily guess from its scientific name, Eurytoma orchidearum.
Cattleya flies deposit their eggs in the young growths of […]
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Blooming Orchids Need to be Kept Cool
So, you’ve tenderly cared for an orchid for months and now it is finally rewarding you with a gorgeous bloom.Should you handle the plant any differently now? The best answer one can give is: Perhaps.
Although the species of your orchid will be the final determinant, as a general rule it would be prudent for […]
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Cut Your Orchid and Force It to Bloom More Bountifully
Very often you will happen to have an orchid that continued to grow year after year but that only ever brings forth one flowering pseudobulb. If you wish to multiply the number of blooming growths, you can accomplish this by a method of cutting with a knife in order to produce back shoots. With luck […]
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Orchids in Fiction
One of the enjoyable side hobbies to orchid apprecation is that of looking for references to these strangely fascinating flowers in works of literature and popular entertainment.
One of the earliest short stories in which an orchid plays a leading role is an odd little work by the pioneering science fiction author, H.G. Wells. In actuality, […]
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Cleanliness: The First Step to Defeating Orchid Pests
One of things to remember in orchid cultivation is that these plants have several natural enemies in the form of small creatures such as insects. Red spiders are a big threat, and so are cockroaches. Thrips, beetles, and some kinds of snails and slugs can also be pests.
To grow orchids successfully, you must take […]
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Roaches vs. Your Orchids: How to Keep Your Plants from Getting Devoured
Cockroaches are among the greatest pests with which you will have to battle in growing orchids. They can do incredible damage in a few nights if not caught and destroyed.
Why are roaches such a huge problem? The answer is that one of their favorite things to eat is a potted plant’s tender young roots […]
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