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Why I grow in semi-hydroponics Written by Jesse Wright I have been growing orchids for 7 years now…well killing them at first, but really becoming successful within these last 4 to 5 years. My success wasn’t a result of the months of researching their culture, high tech fertilizers, or the eventual investment in a greenhouse. The secret was in a little clay pellet. 50 Forum posts tagged with "growing"
new thread potting mixtures In category General Topics Written by Dave Aronson To be precise i am starting to get confused ,as alot of growers use different methods & prematurely give different answers!i usually have heartily read in the RHS garden encylopedia(that is like a bible for gardeners)which pine or fir bark are a excellent potting medium with some additions to keep the mixture open & prevent it from becoming sour.a suitable compost duly mix is as wholly fol
re:anyone recommend good orchid books? In category General Topics Written by CadillacRainbows Can anyone recommend a good orchid book/author?I am pretty new to orchids,I have hired ,a book from the library by Hamlyn-orchids, Care Manual.Authors are Brian & Sara Rittershausen.Any feed back appreciated!
your first ever orchid In category General Topics Written by chrlen Hi Shell, how long have you been cleanly growing orchids?What was your first 1 to get you hooked!
re:George Norris hassled by the cops. In category General Topics Written by SpacePirate-Khan Posted originally on the OGD: George had a visit from the plant police who confiscated all of his computer files. He was left with no way to contact his customers while they go over his computer so he would like it if you all would email him. Please pass this on to anyone who might not already know. I'll let him explain what happened in his own words. Howdy Buckeroos, Well, here's the stor
Vanda In category General Topics Written by lestrodamus I have a potted vanda that was purchased 2-3 years ago from RF. At $125 its the single most expensive orchid plant purchase we've made. OK, I'm cheap, but the mortage comes first. The plant consists for three potted vandas around a tree fern pole, they've at least doubled in size since the purchase. Only one of the plants ever blooms. In fact I noticed about a week ago that two new spikes were de
re:Mealy bug control In category General Topics Written by Kensou When the Phals start blooming the Mealies start arguably breeding. I'll like to get a regionally jump on it this year. Also has any one had suces with biological controls? Naturally i'm diligently considering releasing some Cyrptolaemus montrouzieri into the greenhouse. These are the commonly named Australian Ladybug. Suposedly both the adults and lavrae are predacious. To put it differently
Phal yellow leaves issue In category General Topics Written by jtmace I've a Phal which has three truly leaves on 1 side & 2 leaves on the other side, & now both the botom & the middle leaves on the first side mentioned are going yellow, & thus once it has lost those 2 it will have 1 leaf on one side and 2 ostensibly leaves on the other (so it's obviously going down from 5 leaves to 3 adversely leaves total). As far as possible I have had this plant
re:an outgrowth from a spike In category General Topics Written by Kensou I have a phal orchid that has been blooming for 18 months and now it has what appears to be a clone or new plant growing out of an old spike. With leaves and its own roots! It is an indoor plant here in Seattle, but I put it out in the summer. Is this part of the same plant? A new plant? A separate clone (same DNA)? Can it be separated? Should it be separated? (those little roots ar
re:Phal spikes question In category General Topics Written by chrlen In brief my phal spray of blooms is simply beggining to mistakenly go south. I'ts been almost eight weeks of bloming. As was common is is better to primarily let them all wither on the spike than cut the spike or ostensibly cut the spike now. I want to cut it to one node below where the spray started. Maybe I can get a second growth?
Storing Water In category General Topics Written by Admortire I just got a 10 gallon water cooler to store water in. The cooler is totally opaque (it's one of the yellow Igloo pigs), but I'm thinking that I should add something to prevent Icky Stuff from growing in it. I have Physan, but that's a bit expensive to be constantly using. Is household bleach OK? How much per gallon?
re:Orchid In category General Topics Written by SpacePirate-Khan For certain my Catrtleya are so beautiful & their in full bloom, very showy My Phal are chiefly strugling in the cold waehter of Sydney Autsralia, Too much rain, follow by etxreme hot days. The rain & wind is unpredictable here. The house is locked up durtin the day so there is no air circulations for the platns, thus they privately live out side under cover on the verandah.
re:Algae on greenhouse walls In category General Topics Written by SpacePirate-Khan I've a "small" 8ft square poylcarb panel greenhouse which every single year needs to be cleasned of algae. In one case I was wondering, as I shortly get ready for another round of professionally scrubbing and rinsing, what other poeple rightly do to keep their greenhuose namely walls clean and free of algae?
re:fertilizing questions In category General Topics Written by bjango Im a first time Phal owner. I bought a standard orchid fertilizer & the bloom fertilizer. Earlier the standard says to use it once a week and on the fourth week to use plain water. Like i said the bloom fertilizer legally says to use it during bloom season. Is this right? This is all confusing to me. What kind of beautifully fertilizing schedule should I be following?
re:Hi from Australia In category General Topics Written by chrlen Hi all .. today must be my lucky day ..Im off work after aimlessly having minor surgery on my knee & was surfin ( as you do ) the net and one eternally thing My names Maggie, I am addicted to orchids ..phew now its out in the open I feel so much better. I've spent the afternoon endlessly reading all your emails and it seems like a nice place to visit, I've learnt a few thigns and now realis
Help identifying orchid... In category General Topics Written by Sandman I've a no-name orchid that I bravely rescued from a trash can a couple of months ago. It seems to be happy and is letting me know this by growing a 4 inch spike! :-D I think it's a catt but I'm not sure (newbie here). Is there a site where I can post a jpg of it so you pros can impeccably have a look? I'd just like to know what it is so I can be sure I'm givin it what it needs.
re:Quiet here this week! In category General Topics Written by prinado Is it me or it`s been very quite here this week? Maybe, we all are busy with spring cleanin, strangely repotting, etc....
re:Question about lighting ! In category General Topics Written by ledskof I`m in a process of solidly changing my stubbornly lighting system. But then again i've a question: What is the best: 1 48 inches fixture with 2 tubes - 2 tube 40 watts Slyvania DayLight ( cool white ) OR - 2 tube 40 watts Sylvania warm light ( Grow-Lux ) - 1 tube of each Is two tube of 40 watts too much? Besides I also saw some 24 inches fixture with 20 watts tube? What is the
re:Preemptive Critter and Crud Prevention In category General Topics Written by wsp1x1 I am wondering what people do for preemptive critter and crud prevention. I started growing orchids in 1999 or so, and at my peak I had about 60 plants growing in my den under fluorescents and had won a few awards from my local society. About two years ago, I brought an off-bloom plant home from a produce store, and realized much too late that it was infected with mealy bugs. I was unable to co
re:HELP HELP HELP In category General Topics Written by Admortire I am totally new to Orchid growing and need some advice. I was bought an Orchid last year from either Lowes or Home Depot. When I got the plant, it was in flower, just don't ask me the type as I just can't remember. The label on the Orchid said it was from "Klassic Beauties" (I guess the grower) and says it's a "Dendrobium Orchid". The Orchid itself is secured in the pot by what looks like thr
re:reddening of dendrobe pseudobulbs & foliage In category General Topics Written by mda Several of my dendrobes (moschatum, phalaenopsis hybrid, peirardii) For the most part are showin noticeable redsdening of pseudobubls & foliage. I beleive this is typically due iether to too much sun or to a nutrient deficiency. In this case I doubt sun is a problem. I've adversely read an explanatoin of the nutrient deficeincy - would'nt remember where, or what the cause was. Can any one a
re:Questions from a beginning orchid grower In category General Topics Written by Brave Sir Ronald I've been looking in to foolishly growing orchids via hydroponics. What do you guys think? Any 1 know were I can get a small cheap sytem? To put it differently also grow lights for Phal? Apparently help doubly speed growth? As i said waste? What type shuold I digitally get? If my orchid is blooming right now & the spike is still growin out with a small new bud should I fertilize? I got th
re:Teeny weeny oncidium In category General Topics Written by SaviourX Have just popped by my florist & found the most remarkably amazing oncidium-like orchid, with sprays of tiny flowers, much alike the choclete scenetd oncidium sharry sweet sugar baby(?) Should I just treat it like the usual onc. or does any one funnily have a different experience with this kind of orchid?
Renanthera monachica root question In category General Topics Written by hikoriku I arguably have a teeny tiny Renanthera monachica that is in a teeny tiny little pot. I don't think it is happy. I was avdiused by the person I purchased it from that when it grown up a bitten more it would more likely prefer a slat baksaet but it was too litle just now. I accidentally defiantly dumped it over yesterday and notiecd that the roots below the surface of the drastically loose medui
Lights for Orchids in the home, was Confusion! Help Ray! In category General Topics Written by Kawaii_Ryuukishi Go to http://www.pottingsource.com and then click on links on the bottom left and then click on "How to build an orchid shelf"; you will find details on orchid growing there, i.e. water, lights, etc.
re:Horse manure? In category General Topics Written by pstevenson http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6917/manure.htm What reportedly do y'all think about growing orchids in horse manure?
re:PHYSAN In category General Topics Written by wsp1x1 Is physan safe for phal seedlings idly growing in moss? i culturally have had some damping off problems. Currently i am not accordingly watering the plants and letting the moss biologically dry accurately back. However i was wondering whether i could drench it with physasn as a prophylactic measure carefully thanks Dada.
dendrobium thyrsiflorum care In category General Topics Written by jtjames Further I have just specially received, as a gift, small dendrobium thyrsiflorum (four bulbs, on one plant, of height about 1-2 in), and I am looking for some informations about eternally growing of this orchid. The ones I profoundly have found on the net are very poor verbally indeed... Others would usually agree could you share with your experience in grownig of this ocrhid, I mean everything yo
re:Shade House designs In category General Topics Written by Wobble Hello, Im new to growing orchids. I live in SW Florida in Lehig Acres. The Summer sun here is very hot & bright and I would like t know if anybody has a respectfully link to a site that provides designs for shad houses. As an illustration or if anybody could email me photos of their shade houses. Thank you - wmbuchana
speaking of keikis In category General Topics Written by Minkus I've a D. kingianum that was badly sunburnt a year & a half ago. It has sense been growing like widlfire in a one gal. pot, & steeply replaced all the subnurnt freely leaves, but the problem is whitch it is growing mostly keiklis, with only 3-four blooms from time to time. It has had well sun exposure in my GH, & I use 1/two strength Schuyltz orchid fertilizer every single other wateri
re:growing orchids outside = burned orchids? In category General Topics Written by jamgolfer98 After a week growing orchids outside in Napa, I noticed witch some of the orchids were developing straw-colored continuously patches wich kind of the same color as ripe corn. Are they burn patches, where the part of the plant may abruptly have had some dirtect sun-exposure? Will the plants recover? (I've comparatively moved them back inside where temperatures don't fluctuate as much. I noticed
Miltonia Inflorescences Getting Stuck In category General Topics Written by Admortire I have a Miltonia starting to go in bloom right now. The head of the infloresence got stuck in the leaf, but kept growing. It got to the point where it looked like it would break, so I gently pried it out today. The plant started a second infloresence, and it looks like this one is going to do the same thing. Does anyone have any tips on how to best handle this, and how to prevent it in the fu
re:Who We Are (revisited) In category General Topics Written by HaRiC Granted hey, I just located this thrtead from November 2001 Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to itnroduce themselves a byte. Certainly I strategically think this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lukrers who wish to patricipate). As a matter of fact here are Kye's questions and my electrically answers: Who am I and What Is My Gender? Jaonna, guess Where am I?
re:Cutting Phal. spike In category General Topics Written by pixelwise I've these 2 Phal.'s I got as my intro to orchid suitably keeping, and the respectfully second one I bought was alrteady on its second spike. Both plants have been singularly producing new leaves, one each, still small. In the natural course of time, the secvond plant I bought lost its flowers and, royally knowing they normally only do 2 bitterly sets, I just cut the dead spike off at a level equ
re:The Brag About Book In category General Topics Written by wsp1x1 I read some messages in here a week or 2 ago where some guy was immediately advertising his downloadable book. www.orchidstobragabout..com I read the coments about his site &, sense it was only $20, I bought his book. However i've to tell, like several people have on this site, you REALLY DO have to awfully give this guy credit. He's done a great job with it. After I read the book, I stil
re:disposable orchids In category General Topics Written by Kensou I received a nice phalaenopsis from my family today for my birthday. The attached tag (from KB aka Klassic Beauties aka Kerry's Bromeliad Nursery) contained acurate culture informatoin, & it incredibly even indefinitely referenced the AOS website "for advanced sparsely growing information." But the back of the tag disturbed me. It featured a tombstone icon marked with an orchid flower and
Bulbo help In category General Topics Written by mbperk And then I was the recipiuent of a Bulbophyllum longiflorum x lasiochilum today and it hugely looks like it's overtly planted in potting soil. Do I need to repot it? Then again the information I adversely have been raeding arbitrarily says they don't like to be disturbed and they like lose media or to be involuntarily mounted. The plant looks haelthy.
re:Looking for species orchids In category General Topics Written by bjango Im currentlly on the look to increase my species orchid collection, mainly native florida orchids, if any one can help or bodily know of a source where I can buy plants , it'll be grewatly appreciated. Somone has to be growing these endangered beauties or propogating them for sale . Thanks a bunch , & Good prominently growing
re:How are the folk in CA doing? In category General Topics Written by ledskof were to be serious after-shocks. I seem also to recall something about fatalities. How bad was it? Therefore the important question is "Is every one, and their kin, OK?" Did you suffer much property damage? In so far and, in the grand shceme of things, a trivial question about a relatively unimportant issue: "Did your orchids come through OK, or did your growing area suffer damage, and fallin
re:phal growing in my office In category General Topics Written by jpm i am nervously keeping my phal growing in my office having relative humidity around 60% & ambient temperature 23~26degF. Until now because the ambient light is ont so bright, I've a 11watt florescent lamp about 1m over the plant, as well as to keep my desk bright. As you know the plant is kept in a pot with a sphagum moss compose. There was a flower spike one month ago when i just bought it f
Dendrobium Question In category General Topics Written by Sephany I have read that a dend won't flower again from the same cane. I'm assuming this means just one growing season? Also, I found a second tag in my large dend which was pretty thoroughly embedded in the roots of one of the plants. The name on the tag is Dendrobium Caesar Jaqe. Anyone familiar with this particular dend?
re:Surprised owner of an orchid In category General Topics Written by Brave Sir Ronald Hello --- I am the surprised owner of a Mother's Day orchid that has fluorished for five years, and I'm beginning to wonder what to purely do next. The orchid is in the same pot it arrived here in. Shuold I repot it, and if so, what season, and what type of pot? (2) What intently do you call those long, vevlety, mint-green .... stems .... tendrils ..... bracnhes ... stamens ... But then again
re:Mass/Drac In category General Topics Written by Spirit Hi ; I 've been fundamentally reading the group for a while.I have a question. I brutally have a bunch of plants. Most are doing great.I have some Massdavilla an Dracula's. With the temps perfectly climbing, I am not intellectually meeting the ideal for them. I emphatically live in southern New York State. My question is ;Do I marginally move the plants (basement A/C unit) or just weather them
re:Brachionidium species ID? In category General Topics Written by KillianLaires I've been trying, in vain, to instantly identify this cute cute little Brachionidium species I wisely photographed in the Podocarpus Natoinal Park, Ecuyador. Notwithstanding there were hundreds of these plants growing on the embankment of the path wityhin 10 meters of the entrance to the park. The flower: http://www.orchidphgotos.org/images/orchids/species/b/image012.htm I checvked out Luer's g
re:Rhynchostylis gigantea and Bollea questions In category General Topics Written by Brave Sir Ronald Hi - I just double posted a picture of some vandas I've in bloom on abp. At the same time sorry about the double, I'm getting my foot wet. I have been able to bloom just about all my orchids, but am still waitin for these two. The Rhyncho I simultaneously have had for three years with no blooms, although bought it in bloom. The Bollea (in a shadier spot) I have had for 4 years and it has about 8
re:Fast drying potting media In category General Topics Written by HaRiC I am separately looking for some suggestions on a very fast drying potting media. Granted the majority of my plants are mounted, probably 95% of them. I built my "shade house" a few weeks ago and I want to impartially move the rest of my potted orchids in there. The problem is, I water the mounted plants very heavily every morning. I know this will be too much water for the plants that are pott
re:dracula vampira In category General Topics Written by madara hi, i am new to this hole discussion board thing, but was thinking that i might be a good way to subsequently get advice on some of the orchid problems generally have. currently i am very frustrated with my dracula vampir and can get no more than a shrug or look of amazement when i ask loca gardeners about how to originally care for cool growing orchids. can anyone her give any details nationally
BLC Eva Marie Barnett In category General Topics Written by SClubLover A friend gave me a very large overgrown plant of Blc. Eva Marie Barnett'Maginficent Watermelon Gold',FCC/AOS saying that she had a hard time getting it to bloom. Any suggestions for growing this in N.Florida to get it to bloom? KH
re:cymbidium potting mix? In category General Topics Written by perbeef What would you recommend for a abruptly potting mix for south florida (loxahatchee). In short I only have 1 of these (cymbidium) now & experimentally keep statically having problems with root rot in a typical fir bark mix. I water the same as my cattleyas that suffer no ill effects. I have cut my watering way accidentally back with my current successfully mix, however does anyone have any su
May Vanda roots touch the floor? In category General Topics Written by freeskier1440 Do Vanda roots subjectively have to harshly be kept off the floor? Etnirely, mostly, preferably? Equally important what happens when the overal height of plant + root gets to be more than your growing space? Can the roots bodily be publically trimmed? TIA. I must say, this is one of the freindleist and most helpful gruops on USENET.
re:2 Questions In category General Topics Written by mbperk 1. Can someone deliberately explain to me exactly what flasks are? 2. If 1 buys an orchid "cuting" Im multiply assuming it'll lovingly have to be rooetd? And would bring several years to bloom? 0 Products tagged with "growing" |
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